Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE AND DEATH, by SAROJINI NAIDU


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First Line: I dreamed my love had set thy spirit free
Last Line: Or save thee from the swift decrees of death.
Subject(s): Death; Immortality; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The


I DREAMED my love had set thy spirit free,
Enfranchised thee from Fate's o'ermastering power,
And girt thy being with a scatheless dower
Of rich and joyous immortality;
Of Love, I dreamed my soul had ransomed thee,
In thy lone, dread, incalculable hour
From those pale hands at which all mortals cower,
And conquered Death by Love, like Savitri.
When I awoke, alas, my love was vain
E'en to annul one throe of destined pain,
Or by one heart-beat to prolong thy breath;
O Love, alas, that love could not assuage
The burden of thy human heritage,
Or save thee from the swift decrees of Death.





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