The Bird of Time (1912)
by Sarojini Naidu
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The Bird of Time

Songs of Life, Death & the Spring


By Sarojini Naidu


With an Introduction by
Edmund Gosse
And
Portrait of the Author


London: William Heinemann
New York: John Lane Company
1912

Copyright 1912

DEDICATED
IN TOKEN OF LIFE-LONG HOMAGE AND
AFFECTION
TO
MY FATHER
AGHORENATH CHATTOPĀDHYĀY
AND
MY MOTHER
SRIMATI VARADA SUNDARI DEVI

Hyderabad, Deccan
May 1912

"The bird of Time has but a little way
To fly . . . and, lo! the bird is on the wing"

Contents

page

Songs of Love and Death

Songs of the Springtime

Indian Folk-Songs
To Indian Tunes

Songs of my City:

Songs of Life

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