Collected Poems - Sri Aurobindo Ashram

698 Collected Poems
Thou didst mistake. Circa 1900 – 1901.
Rose, I have loved. Circa 1900 – 1901.
I have a hundred lives. Circa 1900 – 1901.
Still there is something. Circa 1900 – 1901.
I have a doubt. Circa 1900 – 1901.
To weep because a glorious sun. Circa 1900 – 1901.
What is this talk. Circa 1900 – 1901.
Short Poems from Manuscripts, circa 1900 – 1901
Sri Aurobindo wrote these fourteen poems in the notebook he used
also for Uloupie and the above sonnets. He wrote the heading “Miscellaneous”
above the poems. They are arranged here in the order in
which they appear in Sri Aurobindo’s notebook.
The Spring Child. 1900. As recorded in the subtitle, this poem was
written for Sri Aurobindo’s cousin Basanti Mitra, who was born on
9 Jyestha 1292 (22 May 1886). The title and opening of the poem
involve a play on the Bengali word bāsantī, which means “vernal”,
“of the spring”.
A Doubt. Circa 1900 – 1901.
The Nightingale. Circa 1900 – 1901.
Euphrosyne. Circa 1900 – 1901. The Greek word euphrosunē means
“cheerfulness, mirth, merriment”. In Greek mythology, Euphrosyne
was one of the three Graces.
A Thing Seen. Circa 1900 – 1901.
Epitaph. Circa 1900 – 1901.
To the Modern Priam. Circa 1900 – 1901.
Song. Circa 1900 – 1901.
Epigram. Circa 1900 – 1901.
The Three Cries of Deiphobus. Circa 1900 – 1901.
Perigone Prologuises. Circa 1900 – 1901.
Since I have seen your face. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1900 –
1901.
So that was why. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1900 – 1901. Sri
Aurobindo wrote this passage at the bottom of several pages of the
notebook that contains the above poems. Dramatic in style, it may