vanlal ([info]vanlal) wrote,
@ 2005-06-13 23:03:00
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The Lotus






Love Came to Flora Asking for a Flower

Love came to Flora asking for a flower
   That would of flowers be undisputed queen,
   The lily and the rose, long, long had been
Rivals for that high honor. Bards of power
Had sung their claims. "The rose can never tower
   Like the pale lily with her Juno mien" --
   "But is the lily lovelier?" Thus between
Flower-factions rang the strife in Psyche's bower.
"Give me a flower delicious as the rose
   And stately as the lily in her pride" --
But of what color?" -- "Rose-red," Love first chose,
   Then prayed -- "No, lily-white -- or, both provide;"
   And Flora gave the lotus, "rose-red" dyed,
And "lily-white" -- the queenliest flower that blows.

    - Toru Dutt

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[info]placidlyplump
2005-06-13 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Cool pome innit? The brother used to recite it at me when i was but an infant in a bid to make me less prosaic. I lau'd it then too inspite of the slightly mallu accented words thundering at me.

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[info]vanlal
2005-06-14 03:54 am UTC (link)
Oooh! So that's how he perfected his delivery. Tell me more, tell me more.

Also goo dluck with the achar misses. Job hunting ain't fun.

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[info]placidlyplump
2005-06-15 02:01 am UTC (link)
Hee Hee, femly secrets and all that. Job hunting sucks, I wish i could stay home and be homely.

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[info]vanlal
2005-06-19 05:59 pm UTC (link)
femly secrets of our kutti Phantom!

honey
you shoulda married money! ;)

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[info]placidlyplump
2005-06-22 01:20 am UTC (link)
Mercenary mallu genes
tried hard to marry munny
But faced with balding swains
recessed 'n picked a blondie.

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[info]halfbrain
2005-06-24 01:55 pm UTC (link)
sheeshh.....college days once again. think that was the most disgusting poem i had to read...with daffodils coming a close second.

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[info]vanlal
2005-07-19 05:49 pm UTC (link)
Your userID speaks for you.

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