Palanquin Bearers

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6884, 13 April 1929, Page 15

Palanquin Bearers

Lightly, O lightly, we bear her alOllg, - She sways like a flower in the wind of our song; She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream, She floats like a laugh, from-the . lips of a dream. Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing, We bear her long like a pearl on a string. Softly, O softly we bear her along, She hangs like a star in the dew of our song; She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide, She falls like a tsar from the eyes of a bride. Lightly, O lightly we glide and we sing, We bear her along like a pearl on a string. —Sarojini Naidu, in .“The Seeptered Flute., Songs of India.”;