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Sandhya: Or, Songs of Twilight (Paperback)
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Sandhya: Or, Songs of Twilight (Paperback)
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Sandhya, or Songs of Twilight (1917) is a poetry collection by Dhan
Gopal Mukerji. Published while Mukerji was a young student in
California, Sandhya, or Songs of Twilight is the second collection
of poems from the first Indian writer to gain a popular audience in
the United States. Lyrical and romantic, Mukerji's poems capture
his commitment to beauty while maintaining his sense of isolation
and exile as a young man living far from home. In "Symbolism," the
collection's opening poem, Mukerji is a poet in search of a song:
"Tongueless the bell! / Lute without a song! / It is not night / It
is God's dawn, / Silence its unending song." Desperate for the
beauty and truth of the world outside "pain's window," he finds
"Faith's candle lit," lighting "Eternity's scroll" for the soul to
read at last. Lyrically gifted and profoundly mysterious, Mukerji
presents his creative process as a struggle with human emotions.
Later, he grounds his feeling in the country he left behind: "O,
frail, faint call which I seek to echo! / O, breath of love laden
with the aroma of my soul! / Why seek I ever without, O guest at my
door?" In "After a Bengali Song," he provides a powerful image of
isolation and longing from a heart that remains "without" for as
long as his exile continues. Although he never returned to his
native country, Mukerji left an inspiring legacy through his
literary achievement and unwavering commitment to Indian
independence. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Dhan Gopal Mukerji's Sandhya,
or Songs of Twilight is a classic of Indian American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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