INDIAN WEAVERS
by: Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)
- EAVERS,
weaving at break of day,
- Why do you weave a garment so gay?...
- Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,
- We weave the robes of a new-born child.
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- Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
- Why do you weave a garment so bright?...
- Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
- We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.
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- Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
- What do you weave in the moonlight chill?...
- White as a feather and white as a cloud,
- We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.
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