Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN PRAISE OF GULMOHUR BLOSSOMS, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poet's Biography First Line: What can rival your lovely hue Last Line: From a true wife's funeral pyre? Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Praise; Spring | ||||||||
WHAT can rival your lovely hue O gorgeous boon of the spring? The glimmering red of a bridal robe, Rich red of a wild bird's wing? Or the mystic blaze of the gem that burns On the brow of a serpent-king? What can rival the valiant joy Of your dazzling, fugitive sheen? The limpid clouds of the lustrous dawn That colour the ocean's mien? Or the blood that poured from a thousand breasts To succour a Rajput queen? What can rival the radiant pride Of your frail, victorious fire? The flame of hope or the flame of hate, Quick flame of my heart's desire? Or the rapturous light that leaps to heaven From a true wife's funeral pyre? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A CHALLENGE TO FATE by SAROJINI NAIDU |
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