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The Future Poetry Vol. 26 of CWSA 401 pages 1997 Edition
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Sri Aurobindo's principal work of literary criticism where he outlines the history of English poetry and explores the possibility of a spiritual poetry in the future.

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Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo's principal work of literary criticism. In this work, Sri Aurobindo outlines the history of English poetry and explores the possibility of a spiritual poetry in the future. It was first published in a series of essays between 1917 and 1920; parts were later revised for publication as a book.

The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo (CWSA) The Future Poetry Vol. 26 401 pages 1997 Edition
English
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Flame-Wind

Dactylic tetrameter and pentameter catalectic; an additional foot in the last line; trochee or spondee freely admitted anywhere; first paeon, antibacchius, cretic can replace a dactyl. One or two extra syllables are allowed sometimes at the beginning of the line.

    A flame-wind ran from the gold of the east,
Leaped on my soul with the breath of a sevenfold noon.
    Wings of the angel, gallop of the beast!
Mind and body on fire, but the heart in swoon.

    O flame, thou bringest the strength of the noon,
But where are the voices of morn and the stillness of eve?
    Where the pale-blue wine of the moon?
Mind and life are in flower, but the heart must grieve.

    Gold in the mind and the life-flame's red
Make of the heavens a splendour, the earth a blaze,
    But the white and rose of the heart are dead.
Flame-wind, pass! I will wait for Love in the silent ways.

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