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Zainaba Beevi

Sarojini Naidu was a famous Indian independence activist and poet known as the "Nightingale of India". She was born in 1879 in Hyderabad and received education at universities in India and England. Naidu wrote several poetry collections and was involved with the Indian National Congress. The poem "Song of a Dream" describes a dreamlike experience in a magical wood filled with spirits representing love, truth, and peace.

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SAROJINI NAIDU Born: 13 February, 1879 Place of Birth: Hyderabad Famous as : Nightingale of India Education: University of Madras; King's College, London; Girton College, Cambridge Associations: Indian National Congress Publications: The Golden Threshold (1905); The Bird of Time (1912); The Broken Wing (1917); The Sceptred Flute (1928); The Feather of the Dawn (1961) Famous poems :Palanquin Bearers, Coromandel Fishers ,Autumn Song. Passed Away: 2 March, 1949
SONG OF A DREAM
Once in the dream of a night I stood Lone in the light of a magical wood, Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like sprang; And spirits of Truth were the birds that sang, And spirits of Love were the stars that glowed, And spirits of Peace were the streams that flowed In that magical wood in the land of sleep. Lone in the light of that magical grove, I felt the stars of the spirits of Love Gather and gleam round my delicate youth, And I heard the song of the spirits of Truth; To quench my longing I bent me low By the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow In that magical wood in the land of sleep.
Once in the dream of a night I stood
Lone in the light of a magical wood,
Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like sprang
And spirits of Truth were the birds that sang,
And spirits of Love were the stars that glowed,
And spirits of Peace were the streams that flowed
In that magical wood in the land of sleep.
Lone in the light of that magical grove,
I felt the stars of the spirits of Love
Gather and gleam round my delicate youth,
And I heard the song of the spirits of Truth;
To quench my longing I bent me low
By the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow
In that magical wood in the land of sleep.
Song of a dream

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Song of a dream

  • 2. SAROJINI NAIDU Born: 13 February, 1879 Place of Birth: Hyderabad Famous as : Nightingale of India Education: University of Madras; King's College, London; Girton College, Cambridge Associations: Indian National Congress Publications: The Golden Threshold (1905); The Bird of Time (1912); The Broken Wing (1917); The Sceptred Flute (1928); The Feather of the Dawn (1961) Famous poems :Palanquin Bearers, Coromandel Fishers ,Autumn Song. Passed Away: 2 March, 1949
  • 3. SONG OF A DREAM
  • 4. Once in the dream of a night I stood Lone in the light of a magical wood, Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like sprang; And spirits of Truth were the birds that sang, And spirits of Love were the stars that glowed, And spirits of Peace were the streams that flowed In that magical wood in the land of sleep. Lone in the light of that magical grove, I felt the stars of the spirits of Love Gather and gleam round my delicate youth, And I heard the song of the spirits of Truth; To quench my longing I bent me low By the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow In that magical wood in the land of sleep.
  • 5. Once in the dream of a night I stood
  • 6. Lone in the light of a magical wood,
  • 7. Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like sprang
  • 8. And spirits of Truth were the birds that sang,
  • 9. And spirits of Love were the stars that glowed,
  • 10. And spirits of Peace were the streams that flowed
  • 11. In that magical wood in the land of sleep.
  • 12. Lone in the light of that magical grove,
  • 13. I felt the stars of the spirits of Love
  • 14. Gather and gleam round my delicate youth,
  • 15. And I heard the song of the spirits of Truth;
  • 16. To quench my longing I bent me low
  • 17. By the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow
  • 18. In that magical wood in the land of sleep.