Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry
Gwendoline Goodwin
63 chapters · 2 h 57 min · English
Read by Owlivia, czandra, Larry Wilson, ShayLaurent, Bruce Kachuk, Anusha Iyer and others
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. "The call of Youth in India is a hot young call, trumpeting down the ages through a maze of polytheistic tribute, and emerging in the twentieth century with some of its original clearness of sound drowned by a Gargantuan thunder of Western drums. The Indian poet of to-day is torn, like the Indian painter, between admiration for Western models and a desire to mould himself thereon, and an inherent Indian tradition that runs in his veins and will not be denied." - Summary by LynneT and from the Preface.
Chapters
1 Preface 15 min 2 An Invocation 6 min 3 The Secrets of the Self 11 min 4 Worship 1 min 5 Beyond the Verge of Time, Steps 2 min 6 Ego, Fire 2 min 7 The Artist 1 min 8 Imagery 2 min 9 Transience, O Long Black Hair, Revelation 2 min 10 Spring that in my courtyard", "This day will pass 3 min 11 Urvasi 5 min 12 Open Thou Thy Door of Mercy 3 min 13 The Dancer 3 min 14 Acknowledgment 1 min 15 Remembrance, The Visible 3 min 16 In the Light 2 min 17 Call and Bring Her 2 min 18 Basanta Panchami 3 min 19 A Woman's Beauty 1 min 20 An Evening on the Lagoon, At the Temple 2 min 21 Raksha Bandhan 2 min 22 Longings, Thoughts 2 min 23 The Lovers 2 min 24 A Blue Dream 1 min 25 Tulip 1 min 26 Return to Khairpur, India: Entertaining Twilight 9 min 27 Roshanara 3 min 28 In Praise of Henna 1 min 29 Imperial Delhi 2 min 30 Dirge 2 min 31 Spring, Cradle-song 2 min 32 June Sunset 2 min 33 Bunkim Chandra Chatterji 3 min 34 A Rose of Women, The Island Grave 2 min 35 Invitation 1 min 36 A Child's Imagination 1 min 37 Evening, The Sea at Night, Lachhi 3 min 38 Azmē 3 min 39 Awake, my Friend 2 min 40 Marriage Song 3 min 41 Mystic Love Song from "Thirty Indian Songs" 2 min 42 The Punjab Autumn: The Season of the Cooling Dew 6 min 43 Râjhans (The Prince of Swans) 3 min 44 Later Lyrics: Poplar, Beech, and Weeping Willow 3 min 45 Orphic Mysteries: The Yellow Butterfly 3 min 46 Myvanwy 3 min 47 Kismet 2 min 48 Tansen 3 min 49 The high ambition of the drop of rain 1 min 50 How difficult is the thorny way of strife 2 min 51 Thy beauty flashes like a sword 1 min 52 I shall not try to flee the sword of death 2 min 53 Voice in the Air 11 min 54 All this is rhythm 1 min 55 Friend, dwell thou within", "Thou art the rose 2 min 56 Snow-blossoms, snow-blossoms 1 min 57 The rose of eternity 1 min 58 The blue of Indra 1 min 59 The shadow of a flying bird 1 min 60 Love's Samādhi, A Cradle Song 2 min 61 The Way of Poverty 1 min 62 The Last Prayer, Union with Christ 2 min 63 Peace 3 min
