Sarojini Naidu
poet · Hyderabad, India · 1879–1949
A poet who grew up in Hyderabad and wrote in English. Later she joined India's independence movement and was jailed several times.
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1905
Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow, The sunset hangs on a cloud; A golden storm of glittering sheaves, Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves, The wild wind blows in a cloud.
"Autumn Song," in The Golden Threshold
1905
Lightly, O lightly we bear her along, She sways like a flower in the wind of our song; She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream, She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream.
"Palanquin Bearers," in The Golden Threshold
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