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She is twin-born with primal mysteries, and drinks of life at Time’s forgotten source

To quench my longing I bent me lowBy the streams of the spirits of Peace that flowIn that magical wood in the land of sleep.

Cover mine eyes, O my Love!Mine eyes that are weary of blissAs of light that is poignant and strongO silence my lips with a kiss,My lips that are weary of song!Shelter my soul, O my love!My soul is bent low with the painAnd the burden of love, like the graceOf a flower that is smitten with rain:O shelter my soul from thy face!

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

I say it is not your pride that you are a Madrasi, it is not your pride that you a brahmin, it is not your pride that you belong to south India, it is not your pride that you are a Hindu, that it is your pride that you are an Indian

When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are stronger, you have to help the weaker boy or girl both in play and in the work.

A country’s greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race.

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We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

Isay it is not your pride that you are a Madrasi, it is not your pride that you a Brahmin, it is not your pride that you belong to South India, it is not your pride that you are a Hindu, that it is your pride that you are an Indian.

She began life as a poet, in later years when the compulsion of events drew into the national struggle, she plunged into it with all the zest and fire she possessed…. whose whole life became a poem and a song and who infused artistry and grace in the national struggle, just as Mahatma Gandhi had infused moral grandeur to it.

Is not just a faded echo of the feeble voice of decadent romanticism but an authentic Indian English utterance exquisitely tuned to the composite to Indian ethos, bringing home to the unbiased reader all the opulence, pageantry and charm of Indian life, and the spenders of Indian scene.

Sarojini Naidu writes instant poetry where images and metaphors come rolling ready on the hot plates of imagination. Her poetry is intensely emotionally, at times passionate to the point of eroticism and always has a spring.

Her work has a real beauty. Some of her lyrical work is likely, I think, to survive among the lasting things in English literature and by these, even if they are fine rather than great, she may take her rank among the immortals.

God presses not pride but humility in His service. Man knows how to destroy, it is woman`s prerogative to construct. May Sarojini be the instrument in God`s hands for constructing real unity between Hindus and Mussalmans.

The wandering singer has returned home after many conquests in the West…. May she cast over us the same spell that she has cast over the Americans.

Having traveled, having conceived, having hoped, having enlarged my love, having widened my sympathies, having come into contact with different races, different communities, different religions, different civilizations, friends, my vision is clear. I have no prejudice of race, creed, caste, or colour…. Until you students have acquired and mastered the spirit of brotherhood, do not believe it possible that you will ever cease to be sectarian… if I may use such word…. you will ever be national.

Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as I read in the Quran I find those dynamic principles of life, not mystic but practical ethics for the daily conduct of life suited to the whole world.

But it is woven into her nature – to laud to the skies the person she admires. But apart from these defects, where would you find a woman like her who has given up her life and soul for India?

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AwakeHindus:Mother! The flowers of our worship have crowned thee! Parsees:Mother! The flame of our hope shall surround you Mussulmans:Mother! The sword of our love shall defend thee Christians:Mother! The song of thy faith shall attend thee All creeds:Shall not our dauntless devotion avail thee?Harken! O Queen O! goddess, we hail thee!

I am not ready to die because it requires infinitely higher courage to live.

Stand here with me…with the stars and hills as witness and in their presence consecrate your life and talent, your song and your speech, your thought and your dream, to the motherland. O poet see visions from hill –tops and spread abroad the message of hope to the toilers of the valleys.

You held a wild flower in your finger -tips,Idly you pressed it to indifferent lips,Idly you tore its crimson leaves apart…Alas! It was my heart You held wine-cup in your finger-tips,Lightly you raised it to indifferent lips,Lightly you drank and flung away the bowl…,Alas! It was my soul.

As a theory of [satyagraha] which must of necessity grow and expand because it carries within itself the immortal function of life. The fire of satyagrha had been kindled in the temple or ashrama where Mahatma Gandhi is the high priest or guru.

I say it is not your pride that you are a Madrasi, it is not your pride that you a Brahmin, it is not your pride that you belong to South India, it is not your pride that you are a Hindu, that it is your pride that you are an Indian”. “But this must transcend even national borders and extend to humanity because if ideas be only for the prosperity of your country, it would end where it began, by being a prophet to your own community and very probably to your own self.

Good Heavens! She said ‘grass and goats milk? Never!

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