Rose or jasmine? Champak or shephali? Or a poppy-lamp with dewy flame ... What bringest to the Temple, maid? Garlands of Shiuli, That, dew-diamond-like, The stars made on the green blades In their own eternal image? Is it a lotus, The evening lily — A star, that day leaves at night's altar? Or the morning sun? None of these? Not the morning star? Nor the white chalice of trance, the Dhutura? What flower, then, for this dawn's altar? A garland of thine emotions, these! Ah! lotuses from thine Endless lake of love; And the sunflower of thy heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OPPOSITES by KATHERINE MANSFIELD TO AN INTRA-MURAL RAT by MARIANNE MOORE ALIENS (TO YOU - EVERYWHERE! DEDICATED) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DREAM LIFE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MOTHERHOOD by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SONNET TO THOSE WHO SEE BUT DARKLY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON VENUS IN A GARDEN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |