Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
I
HE read her smiling face
in Flora’s alphabet,
he found her body’s grace
O, surpassingly set
songs heard among
an unheard song.
And the saint he thought fear-fraught:
She is a thing of evil,
a daughter of the devil.
II
From her cutexed toes up
to her marcelled head,
she is a gaudy cup
of Bordeaux ruby red;
-bane to the core,
beyond all lore!-
And the sinner he thought unwrought:
My is bared for the rod,
if
she isn’t a daughter of god.