<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=472679" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ode to an Indian Classical Dancer</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">O thou fair nymph of art, dance<br>Dance that world may dance with you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In thy grace is mirrored the grace<br>Of thy nation's heritage; <br>In thy gait is depicted the majesty<br>of thy God's incarnates; <br>In thy grimaces are revealed <br>The wrath of gods, the misery of thine own folk; <br>In thy curves are betrayed the curves<br>Of thy nations sculptural art.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Art hath taught thou to blend-<br> What time hath failed to destroy-<br> In thy grace gait and grimace<br> The invocations to the Gods<br> Of thy miserable countrymen.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Miserable countrymen? I begin to doubt<br>May be, may not be so<br>But invocations all the same<br>To appease the wrathful lords.<br> <br> Hath time no meaning for art? <br> It hath, else why shouldn't a dancer dance<br> Of invocations only.<br> Time hath changed and so hath art<br> Changed its modus operandi.<br> Even so art exploreth <br> Inmost recesses of human heart<br> These have been same<br> since years and years and years ago<br> Time hath no influence there.<br>O thou timeless priceless creature, dance<br>Dance that world may dance with you..........[1960]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Om+Chawla">Om Chawla</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=472679" data-title="Ode to an Indian Classical Dancer de Om Chawla" data-description="O thou fair nymph of art, dance Dance that world may dance with you. In thy grace is mirrored the grace Of thy nation's heritage; In thy gait is depicted the majesty of thy God's incarnates; In thy grimaces are revealed The wrath of gods, the ..."></div> </div> </div>

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