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| Toru Dutt (1856--1877) |
When I
beheld thy pretty gems of verse
I
lived in gorgeous legends of past;
I caught
that pulse, my soul immerst
In
lines so few, a panorama vast;
When I heard of thy sweet
memories sad
My soul trembled, bemoaned thy loss ;
Thy writings with their beauty made me glad
Yet made me
sigh, thy too soon death, Alas !
Like “Sita”
and “Our Casuarina Tree”
Like “Savitri”
and “Uma” you too
Survive forever: thy
poetry grew
From
glory to glory with smooth movement free
My eyes that touched
thy book turned misty and cold
We owe you, Tender Muse, immortal realms
of gold!
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14th February, 2017 Somaseshu Gutala
Note :
"Sita" "Our Casuarina Tree" etc. are famous poems found in
Toru Dutt's collection " Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan"
published in 1882 with introduction by the famous critic, Edmund
Gosse.
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