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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 19

AN INVOCATION 23

THE SECRETS OF THE SELF 27

WORSHIP 34

BEYOND THE VERGE OF TIME--STEPS 35

EGO--FIRE 36

THE ARTIST 37

IMAGERY 38

TRANSIENCE--O LONG BLACK HAIR--REVELATION 39

“SPRING THAT IN MY COURTYARD”--“THIS DAY WILL PASS” 40

URVASI 42

OPEN THOU THY DOOR OF MERCY 47

THE DANCER 48

ACKNOWLEDGMENT 49

REMEMBRANCE--THE VISIBLE 50

IN THE LIGHT 51

CALL AND BRING HER 52

BASANTA PANCHAMI 53

A WOMAN’S BEAUTY 54

AN EVENING ON THE LAGOON--AT THE TEMPLE 55

RAKSHA BANDHAN 56

LONGINGS--THOUGHTS 57

THE LOVERS 58

A BLUE DREAM 59

TULIP 60

RETURN TO KHAIRPUR--INDIA: ENTERTAINING TWILIGHT 61

ROSHANARA 66

IN PRAISE OF HENNA 68

IMPERIAL DELHI 69

DIRGE 70

SPRING--CRADLE-SONG 71

JUNE SUNSET 72

BUNKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJI 73

A ROSE OF WOMEN--THE ISLAND GRAVE 75

INVITATION 76

A CHILD’S IMAGINATION 77

EVENING--THE SEA AT NIGHT--LACHHI 78

AZMĒ 79

AWAKE, MY FRIEND 81

MARRIAGE SONG 82

MYSTIC LOVE SONG FROM “THIRTY INDIAN SONGS" 83

THE PUNJAB AUTUMN: THE SEASON OF THE COOLING DEW 84

RÂJHANS (THE PRINCE OF SWANS) 89

LATER LYRICS: POPLAR, BEECH, AND WEEPING WILLOW 90

ORPHIC MYSTERIES: THE YELLOW BUTTERFLY 93

MYVANWY 96

KISMET 99

TANSEN 100

“THE HIGH AMBITION OF THE DROP OF RAIN” 101

“HOW DIFFICULT IS THE THORNY WAY OF STRIFE” 102

“THY BEAUTY FLASHES LIKE A SWORD” 103

“I SHALL NOT TRY TO FLEE THE SWORD OF DEATH” 104

VOICE IN THE AIR 105

“ALL THIS IS RHYTHM” 112

“FRIEND, DWELL THOU WITHIN”--“THOU ART THE ROSE” 113

“SNOW-BLOSSOMS, SNOW-BLOSSOMS” 114

“THE ROSE OF ETERNITY” 116

“THE BLUE OF INDRA” 117

“THE SHADOW OF A FLYING BIRD” 118

LOVE’S SAMĀDHI--A CRADLE SONG 120

THE WAY OF POVERTY 121

THE LAST PRAYER--UNION WITH CHRIST 122

PEACE 123