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    The Cycle of Spring
    The Cycle of Spring
    The Cycle of Spring
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    The Cycle of Spring

    By Rabindranath Tagore

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateMay 1, 2006
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      The Cycle of Spring - Rabindranath Tagore

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Cycle of Spring, by Rabindranath Tagore

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      Title: The Cycle of Spring

      Author: Rabindranath Tagore

      Release Date: February 13, 2008 [EBook #24607]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CYCLE OF SPRING ***

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      THE

      CYCLE OF SPRING

      BY

      Sir RABINDRANATH TAGORE

      MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

      ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON

      1919

      COPYRIGHT

      First Edition February 1917

      Reprinted March 1917, 1919

      CONTENTS

      The greater part of the introductory portion of this drama was translated from the original Bengali by Mr. C. F. Andrews and Prof. Nishikanta Sen, and revised by the Author.

      I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

      TO MY BOYS OF THE SHANTINIKETAN

      WHO HAVE FREED

      THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

      HIDDEN IN THE HEART OF THIS OLD POET

      AND TO DINENDRANATH

      WHO IS

      THE GUIDE OF THESE BOYS IN THEIR FESTIVALS

      AND TREASURE-HOUSE OF ALL MY SONGS

      INTRODUCTION

      Characters of the Prelude

      King, Vizier, General (Bijoy Varma)

      Chinese Ambassador, Pundit (Sruti-bhushan)

      Poet (Kabi-shekhar), Guards, Courtiers, Herald

      The stage is on two levels: the higher, at the back, for the Song-preludes alone, concealed by a purple curtain; the lower only being discovered when the drop goes up. Diagonally across the extreme left of the lower stage, is arranged the king's court, with various platforms, for the various dignitaries ascending to the canopied throne. The body of the stage is left free for the Play when that develops.

      (Enter some Courtiers.)

      [The names of the speakers are not given in the margin, as they can easily be guessed.]

      Hush! Hush!

      What is the matter?

      The King is in great distress.

      How dreadful!

      Who is that over there, playing on his flute?

      Why? What's the matter?

      The King is greatly disturbed.

      How dreadful!

      What are those wild children doing, making so much noise?

      They are the Mandal family.

      Then tell the Mandal family to keep their children quiet.

      Where can that Vizier have gone to?

      Here I am. What's the matter?

      Haven't you heard the news?

      No, what?

      The King is greatly troubled in his mind.

      Well, I've got some very important news about the frontier war.

      War we may have, but not the news.

      Then the Chinese Ambassador is waiting to see His Majesty.

      Let him wait. Anyhow he can't see the King.

      Can't see the King?—Ah, here is the King at last. Look at him coming this way, with a mirror in his hand. Long live the King. Long live the King.

      If it please Your Majesty, it is time to go to the Court.

      Time to go? Yes, time to go, but not to the Court.

      What does Your Majesty mean?

      Haven't you heard? The bell has just been rung to dismiss the Court.

      When? What bell? We haven't heard any bell.

      How could you hear? They have rung it in my ears alone.

      Oh, Sire. No one can have had the impertinence to do that.

      Vizier! They are ringing it now.

      Pardon me, Sire, if I am very stupid; but I cannot understand.

      Look at this, Vizier, look at this.

      Your Majesty's hair——

      Can't you see there's a bell-ringer there?

      Oh, Your Majesty. Are you playing a joke?

      The joke is not mine, but His, who has got the whole world by the ear, and is having His jest. Last night, when the Queen was putting a garland of jasmines round my neck, she cried out with alarm, King, what is this? Here are two grey hairs behind your ear.

      Oh, please, Sire, don't worry so much about a little thing like that. Why! The royal physician——

      Vizier! The founder of our dynasty had his royal physician, too. But what could he do? Death has left his card of invitation behind my ear. The Queen wanted, then and there, to pluck out the grey hairs. But I said, Queen, what's the use? You may remove Death's invitation, but can you remove Death, the Inviter? So, for the present——

      Yes, Sire, for the present, let us attend to business.

      Business, Vizier! I have no time for business. Send for the Pundit. Send for Sruti-bhushan.

      But, Sire, the General——

      The General?—No, no, not the General. Send for the Pundit.

      But, the news from the frontier——

      Vizier, the news has come to me from the last great frontier of all, the frontier of Death. Send for the Pundit.

      But if Your Majesty will give me one moment,

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