Collected Poems - Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Note on the Texts 711
handwritten manuscripts and one typed manuscript of this poem.
Bride of the Fire. 1935. The first draft of this poem is dated 11 November
1935. There are two handwritten and two typed manuscripts.
The Blue Bird. 1935. The first draft of this poem is dated 11 November
1935. There are two handwritten and two typed manuscripts.
A God’s Labour. 1935 – 36. A late draft of this poem is dated as follows:
“31.7.35 / Last 4 stanzas 1.1.36”. There are four handwritten and two
typed manuscripts.
Hell and Heaven. Circa 1902 – 30s. The earliest extant draft of this
poem is found in the typed manuscript that contains drafts of “To the
Ganges”, “To the Boers”, etc. (see above, Part Three). Around 1912 Sri
Aurobindo copied the poem out by hand in a notebook. Twenty years
later, his secretary Nolini Kanta Gupta typed this and the next two
poems out from this notebook and presented them to Sri Aurobindo
for revision. Fourteen years after that they were included in Poems Past
and Present. There are one handwritten and two typed manuscripts.
Kamadeva. Circa 1913. The earliest surviving drafts of this poem and
the next one are found in the notebook that contains “The Meditations
of Mandavya” (see above, Part Five), the opening of which is dated
1913. In 1932 they were typed out and fourteen years later included
in Poems Past and Present. There is one handwritten and one typed
manuscript.
Life. Circa 1913. The earliest surviving drafts of this poem and the
previous one are found in the notebook that contains “The Meditations
of Mandavya” (see above, Part Five), the opening of which is dated
1913. In 1932 they were typed out and fourteen years later included
in Poems Past and Present. There is one handwritten and one typed
manuscript.
One Day. Circa 1932. Sri Aurobindo wrote the first draft of this poem
in the notebook containing drafts of the previous three poems, which
Nolini Kanta Gupta uncovered and sent to him in 1932. This draft was
lightly revised and later included in Poems Past and Present. Thereis
one handwritten and one typed manuscript.