The Mother reading Savitri - Book V

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The Mother Reading Savitri - Book V

Book V

The Book of Love

Canto I

The Destined Meeting-Place

But now the destined spot and hour were close	7' 59"	6.4 Mb
A matted forest-head invaded heaven	4' 39"	3.8 Mb

Canto II

Satyavan

As might a soul on Natures background limned	5' 25"	4.5 Mb
Yet this was but a moment's reverie	6' 33"	5.2 Mb
Mastered by the honey of a strange flower-mouth	5' 29"	4.5 Mb
Marvelling he came across the golden sward	4' 15"	3.6 Mb
There is a Power within that knows beyond	7' 03"	5.7 Mb

Canto III

Satyavan and Savitri

Thus Satyavan spoke first to Savitri	10' 22"	8.0 Mb
Musing she answered I am Savitri	6' 35"	5.6 Mb
And Satyavan replied to Savitri	5' 48"	4.2 Mb
A visioned spell pursued my boyhood's hours	8' 14"	7.0 Mb
I glimpsed the presence of the One in all	5' 21"	4.7 Mb
Speak more to me, speak more, O Satyavan	5' 45"	4.5 Mb
And Satyavan like a replying harp	6' 12"	5.3 Mb
O Satyavan, I have heard thee and I know	5' 05"	4.1 Mb
Then flitting like pale-brilliant moths her hands	5' 21"	4.4 Mb
A sacrament of joy in treasuring palms	5' 27"	4.7 Mb
As if inclined before some gracious god	7' 19"	6.1 Mb
He bent to her and took into his own	5' 43"	4.7 Mb
As if a whole rich world suddenly possessed	6' 05"	4.8 Mb