Sea of Foliage
A sea of foliage A sea of foliage girds our garden round, But not a sea of dull unvaried green, Sharp contrasts of all colours here are seen; The light-green graceful tamarinds abound Amid the mango clumps of green profound, And palms arise, like pillars gray, between; And o’er the quiet pools the seemuls lean, Red-red, and startling like a trumpet’s sound. But nothing can be lovelier than the ranges Of bamboos to the eastward, when the moon l ooks through their gaps, and the white lotus changes Into a cup of silver. One might swoon Drunken with beauty then, or gaze and gaze On a primaeval Eden, in amaze. ~ Toru Dutt Toru Dutt Place of Birth – Calcutta/Kolkata Span – 1856 – 1877, 21 years Father & Mother – Govin Chunder Dutt and Kshetramoni Family – Rambagan Dutt famil Girds - surrounds Unvaried – monotonous Tamarinds – Hindi – Imli Abound – Exist; Grow Amid – In the midst of Clump – Clusters Profound – Dar...
Amazing video and poem! Self written that too!
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