Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN PRAISE OF GULMOHUR BLOSSOMS, by SAROJINI NAIDU



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IN PRAISE OF GULMOHUR BLOSSOMS, by                     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?





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