The Wind & the Whirlwind : poem by Wilfrid Blunt addressed to England, some verses of which express the basic motive of the Nationalist movement in India.
... verses quoted are from a poem called "The Wind and the Whirlwind", addressed to England. England, by her oppression of the Asiatic peoples under her sway, by her selfish and ruthless exploitation of their wealth, by her refusal to allow them the chance of national life and free development, is sowing Page 572 the wind, and she will reap the whirlwind in the loss of her Empire, perhaps in national ...
... seized the import of the word "Deliverer" hammered on the consciousness again and again. In the issue of 7 July, again, the Bande Mataram printed verses from Wilfrid Blunt's poem "The Wind and the Whirlwind", and left it by itself to speak in defence of Indian nationalism. In the next issue of the weekly edition, Shyamsundar transferred, by sleight of hand, the "Trial Scene" in The Merchant... Chastise him? Chains that were to bind salute his feet, And prisons greet him as their guest with welcome sweet... And so today I hear The ocean's restless roar borne by the stormy wind, The impetuous fountain's dance riotous, swift and blind Bursting its rocky cage, - the voice of thunder deep Awakening, like a clarion call, the clouds asleep. Amid this song ...
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