Collected Poems - Sri Aurobindo Ashram

700 Collected Poems
Miracles. Circa 1900 – 1906.
Reminiscence. Circa 1900 – 1906. A typewritten copy of this poem
was an exhibit in the Alipore Bomb Case in 1908 (see Bande Mataram
weekly, 5 July 1908, p. 13).
A Vision of Science. Circa 1900 – 1906.
Immortal Love. Circa 1900 – 1906.
ATree. Circa 1900 – 1906.
To the Sea. Circa 1900 – 1906. A version of the poem was published
in the Modern Review in June 1909.
Revelation. Circa 1900 – 1906. A draft of this poem, entitled “The
Vision”, is found in the manuscript notebook that contains “Uloupie”
and other poems included in Part Two. This draft differs considerably
from the version found in the typed manuscript of 1904 – 6, which was
used as the basis of the text published in Ahana and Other Poems.
Karma. Circa 1900 – 1906 or later. This is a free rendering of a poem
by the mediaeval Bengali poet Chandidasa.
Appeal. Circa 1900 – 1906 or later. This poem is based in part on a
song by the mediaeval Maithili poet Vidyapati. The first stanza follows
Vidyapati’s text fairly closely; the next two stanzas are Sri Aurobindo’s
own invention.
A Child’s Imagination. Circa 1900 – 1906.
The Sea at Night. Circa 1900 – 1906.
The Vedantin’s Prayer. Circa 1900 – 1906.
Rebirth. Circa 1900 – 1906.
The Triumph-Song of Trishuncou. Circa 1900 – 1906.
Life and Death. Circa 1900 – 1906.
Evening. Circa 1900 – 1906.
Parabrahman. Circa 1900 – 1906.
God. Circa 1900 – 1906.
The Fear of Death. Circa 1900 – 1906.
Seasons. Circa 1900 – 1906.
The Rishi. Circa 1900 – 1908. Sheets containing draft passages of this
poem were seized by the British police when Sri Aurobindo was arrested
in 1908. Sometime after the poem was published in Ahana and
Other Poems, Sri Aurobindo wrote under it in his copy of the book
“(1907 – 1911)” — but see the note under the section title above.
In the Moonlight. Circa 1900 – 1906.