The Bengali Book of English Verse

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"The Bengali Book of English Verse" is a collection of historical poems, representing about one hundred years of poetical effort. It has its origin in England's introduction of Western education into India. This book was written by various authors and was selected and arranged by Theodore Douglas Dunn, a Scottish oriental scholar and an anthologist of Indian poetry in English.
Table of Contents:
Asi Prasad Ghose:
Dasahara
To a Young Hindu Widow
Storm and Rain
To a Dead Crow
Rajnarain Dutt:
Song from "Osmyn"
Michael Madhusudan Dutt:
The Captive Ladie
Sonnets
Hur Chunder Dutt:
Tarra Baee
The Flight of Humayun
Akbar's Dying Charge
Sonnet—India
The Rakhi
Govin Chunder Dutt:
Song from the Bengali
To Lord Canning
A Farewell to Romance
Lines
Wordsworth's Poems
Home
Night on the Ganges
Omesh Chunder Dutt:
The Chief of Pokurna
The Hindu Wife to her Husband
Hymn to Shiva
Sonnets—War
Sonnets—Peace
Nobo Kissen Ghose (Ram Sharma):
In Memoriam, Michael Dutt
Portraits from "The Last Day"
Hymn to Durga
Robert Knight
Maharajah Sir Jotindra Mohun Tagore:
An Indian Wreath
The Rajput Soldier's Farewell
The Gopees' Address to the Kokil
Origin of the Kaminee Flower
Greece Chunder Dutt:
The Maid of Roopnagore
Gibraltar
Fire Hunters
The Hills
Samarsi
On an Old Romaunt
The Terai
Shoshee Chunder Dutt:
Sivajee
The Warrior's Return
Address to the Ganges
The Requiem of Timour
Jelaludeen Khiliji
Toru Dutt:
Jogadhya Uma
Sonnet—The Lotus
Our Casuarina Tree
Morning Serenade
Romesh Chunder Dutt:
The Legend of Balaki
Mahabharata — Gandhari's Lament
Funeral Rites
Narendra Nath Dutta (Swami Vivekananda):
The Cup
Roby Dutt:
On Tibet
To Britain
Sir Asutosh Mookerjee
Indians at the Front
Profulla Ranjan Das:
Refusal
The Quest
Youth and Age
A Lament
Sarojini Naidu:
The Pardah Nashin
To a Buddha Seated on a Lotus
The Gift of India
Suttee
A Challenge to Fate
Manmohan Ghose:
A Song of Britannia
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
London
Baby
Poplar, Beech, and Weeping Willow
Myvanwy
The Garden Passion
Elegy

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 8, 2020
• ISBN: 4064066066628

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Table of Contents

KASI PRASAD GHOSE.

RAJNARAIN DUTT.

MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN DUTT.

HUR CHUNDER DUTT.

GOVIN CHUNDER DUTT.

​ OMESH CHUNDER DUTT.

NOBO KISSEN GHOSE (RAM SHARMA) .

MAHARAJAH SIR JOTINDRA MOHUN TAGORE.

GREECE CHUNDER DUTT.

SHOSHEE CHUNDER DUTT.

​ TORU DUTT.

ROMESH CHUNDER DUTT.

NARENDRA NATH DUTTA (SWAMI VIVEKANANDA) .

ROBY DUTT.

PROFULLA RANJAN DAS.

SAROJINI NAIDU.

MANMOHAN GHOSE.

Acknowledgments.

Foreword.

Introduction.

KASIPRASAD GHOSE , 1809-1873.

Dasahara.

To a Young Hindu Widow.

Storm and Rain.

To a Dead Crow.

RAJNARAIN DUTT , 1824–1889.

Song.

MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN DUTT , 1824-1873.

The Captive Ladie.

Sonnets. I.

II.

HUR CHUNDER DUTT , 1831–1901.

Tarra Baee.

The Flight of Humayun.

Akbar's Dying Charge.

Sonnet.

INDIA.

The Rakhi.

GOVIN CHUNDER DUTT , 1828–1884.

Song from the Bengali.

To Lord Canning.

A Farewell To Romance.

Lines.

Wordsworth's Poems.

Home.

Night on the Ganges.

OMESH CHUNDER DUTT . 1836-1912.

The Chief of Pokurna.

The Hindu Wife to her Husband.

Hymn to Shiva.

Sonnets—War.

I

II.

Sonnets—Peace.

I.

II.

NOBO KISSEN GHOSE (Ram Sharma) . 1837-1918.

In Memoriam

Portraits from The Last Day.

I. LORD CANNING.

II. RAJA RAMMOHAN ROY .

III. DAVID HARE.

Hymn to Durga.

Robert Knight.

MAHARAJAH SIR JOTINDRA MOHUN TAGORE , 1831-1908.

An Indian Wreath.

The Rajput Soldier's Farewell.

The Gopees' Address to the Kokil.

Origin of the Kaminee Flower.

GREECE CHUNDER DUTT . 1833-1892.

The Maid of Roopnagore.

Gibraltar.

Fire Hunters.

The Hills.

Samarsi.

On an Old Romaunt.

The Terai.

SHOSHEE CHUNDER DUTT , 1825-1886.

Sivajee.

The Warrior's Return.

Address to the Ganges.

The Requiem of Timour.

Jelaludeen Khiliji.

TORU DUTT. 1856-1877.

Jogadhya Uma.

The Lotus.

Our Casuarina Tree.

ROMESH CHANDER DUTT , 1848-1909.

The Legend of Balaki.

Mahabharata.

GANDHARI'S LAMENT FOR THE SLAIN.

FUNERAL RITES.

NARENDRA NATH DUTTA (Swami Vivekananda) , 1862-1902.

The Cup.

ROBY DUTT , 1883-1918.

On Tibet.

To Britain.

Sir Asutosh Mookerjee.

Indians at the Front.

PROFULLA RANJAN DAS . 1881-

Refusal.

The Quest.

Youth and Age.

A Lament.

SAROJINI NAIDU . 1879-

The Pardah Nashin.

To a Buddha Seated on a Lotus.

The Gift of India.

Suttee.

A Challenge to Fate.

MANMOHAN GHOSE , 1869-

A Song of Britannia.

To Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose.

London.

Baby.

Poplar, Beech, and Weeping Willow.

Myvanwy.

The Garden Passion.

Elegy.

KASI PRASAD GHOSE.

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