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Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu was a prominent Indian poet and a key figure in the Indian independence movement. Known as the "Nightingale of India," her poetry often celebrated Indian culture, love, and patriotism, earning her acclaim in both India and abroad. Beyond her literary contributions, Naidu was a fervent nationalist, a suffragist, and a powerful orator who played a crucial role in India's struggle for freedom from British rule. She served as the first Indian woman to hold the office of Governor of a state in India.
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Past and Future
Past and Future
The new hath come and now the old retires:
And so the past becomes a mountain-cell,
Where lone, apart, old hermit-memories dwell
In consecrated calm, forgotten yet
Of the keen heart that hastens to forget
Old longings in fulfilling new desires.
And now the Soul stands in a vague, intense
Expectancy and anguish of suspense,
On the dim chamber-threshold . . . lo! he sees
Like a strange, fated bride as yet unknown,
His timid future shrinking there alone,
Beneath her marriage-veil of mysteries.
The new hath come and now the old retires:
And so the past becomes a mountain-cell,
Where lone, apart, old hermit-memories dwell
In consecrated calm, forgotten yet
Of the keen heart that hastens to forget
Old longings in fulfilling new desires.
And now the Soul stands in a vague, intense
Expectancy and anguish of suspense,
On the dim chamber-threshold . . . lo! he sees
Like a strange, fated bride as yet unknown,
His timid future shrinking there alone,
Beneath her marriage-veil of mysteries.
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