Who art thou that camest

A poem by Sri Aurobindo

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 lyrical poem  Circa 1934-36  Published posthumously

Who Art Thou that Camest

Who art thou that camest
    Bearing the occult Name,
Wings of regal darkness,
    Eyes of an unborn flame?

Like the august uprising
    Of a forgotten sun
Out of the caverned midnight
    Fire-trails of wonder run.

Captured the heart renouncing
    Tautness of passion-worn strings
Allows the wide-wayed sweetness
    Of free supernal things.



Part VII : Pondicherry (Circa 1927-1947) > Lyrical Poems from Manuscripts (Circa 1934-1947)   



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NOTES FROM EDITOR

No title in the manuscript. Circa 1934-36.One handwritten manuscript, written in a notebook used otherwise for Savitri.





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