Collected Poems - Sri Aurobindo Ashram

728 Collected Poems
The Fire King and the Messenger. Circa 1934 – 35. A single manuscript,
written in a notebook near a draft of “Thought the Paraclete”.
God to thy greatness. No title in the manuscript. March 1936. A single
manuscript, written between drafts of “The Yogi on the Whirlpool”
and “The Kingdom Within”, both of which are dated 14 March 1936.
Silver foam. No title in the manuscript. March 1936. One handwritten
manuscript, written on a sheet of a “Bloc-Memo” pad between “The
Kingdom Within” and “One”, both of which are dated 14 March
1936. In the manuscript, there is no full stop at the end, suggesting
that the piece is incomplete.
Torn are the walls. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1936. Two
handwritten manuscripts.
O ye Powers. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1936. Three handwritten
manuscripts. In the final manuscript, the last line ends in a
comma, indicating that the piece is incomplete.
Hail to the fallen. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1936. Italy invaded
Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in October 1935. Britain and France stopped
trying to broker a peace in December, and in May 1936, after a heroic
resistance, Emperor Haile Selassie fled the country. “Lion of Judah”
was a title borne by the Emperors of Ethiopia. The star towards the
end was written by Sri Aurobindo. One handwritten manuscript.
Seer deep-hearted. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1936 – 37. One
handwritten manuscript.
Soul, my soul [1]. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1936 – 37. Two
handwritten manuscripts; a third is published as “Soul, my soul [2]”.
Soul, my soul [2]. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1936 – 37. This is
the most completely revised, but shortest, manuscript of this poem.
I am filled with the crash of war. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1938.
Compare the third and fourth line of this poem with the third line of
“The Cosmic Man” (see above); the two poems seem to be related.
“The Cosmic Man” is dated 15 September 1938. One handwritten
manuscript.
In the silence of the midnight. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1938.
One handwritten manuscript.
Here in the green of the forest. No title in the manuscript. Circa 1939.
One handwritten manuscript. The star before the last four lines was
written by Sri Aurobindo.