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Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses

by Dum-Dum

Level C1 · AdvancedPoetry34 chapters
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Length
34 chapters
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About this book

About this book

Explore vivid verses reflecting life, culture, and humor from British India, blending local color with universal themes in this evocative collection of reprinted and revised poems originally published in Punch.

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Contents

34 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02NOCTURNE WRITTEN IN AN INDIAN GARDEN
03TO HIS PECULIAR FRIEND WITHIN-DOORS
04VALEDICTION
05A SOLDIER OF WEIGHT
06ODE TO THE TIME-GUN OF GURRUMBAD
07OMAR OUT OF DATE
08ODE
09A SOMBRE RETROSPECT
10TO MANDALAY—GREETING
11SONG OF BELLS
12A BALLAD OF BUTTONRY

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