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| author = [[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio]]
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| publisher = Baptist Mission Press
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| pub_date = 1827
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'''''Poems, by H.L.V. Derozio''''' is a book of poetry by [[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio]], first published in Calcutta in 1827.

== Contents ==

=== "The Harp of India" ===
This [[sonnet]] is the first poem of the volume, coming directly after Derozio's preface, and serves to assert Derozio's presence as a poet.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Agarwal |first=Smita |title=Marginalized: Indian poetry in English |date=2014 |publisher=Rodopi |isbn=978-90-420-3784-7 |series=DQR studies in literature |location=Amsterdam New York |chapter=Henry Derozio and the Romance of Rebellion (1809-1831)}}</ref> It is dated to March 1827.<ref name=":0" /> Derozio uses a conventional [[Apostrophe (figure of speech)|apostrophe]] to a harp (representing poetry), mourning India's recent loss of a poetic tradition and expressing hope that he might be able to revive it. The poem is an allusion to [[Thomas Moore]]'s "Dear Harp of My Country,"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Collected Poems of Henry Derozio: The Harp of India |url=https://scalar.lehigh.edu/derozio/the-harp-of-india |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Collected Poems of Henry Derozio: Preface by Manu Samriti Chander; Edited by Amardeep Singh |language=en}}</ref> which Derozio quotes as an [[Epigraph (literature)|epigraph]] (cited as "Moore to the Harp of Erin") on the title page of his own ''Poems''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collected Poems of Henry Derozio: Poems (1827) |url=https://scalar.lehigh.edu/derozio/poems-1827 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Collected Poems of Henry Derozio: Preface by Manu Samriti Chander; Edited by Amardeep Singh |language=en}}</ref>

=== "Song of the Hindoostanee Minstrel" ===
This poem is now more usually referred to with the spelling "Hindustani".<ref name="Roberts2013">{{Cite book |title=Legacies of Romanticism: Literature, Culture, Aesthetics |last=Roberts |first=Daniel Sanjiv |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |editor-last=Casaliggi |editor-first=Carmen |pages=215–230 |chapter="Dark Interpretations": Romanticism's Ambiguous Legacy in India |editor-last2=March-Russell |editor-first2=Paul}}</ref> In ''Poems'', it is dated to May 1827, and Derozio includes two footnotes to explain his references to [[surmah]] and a [[sitar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collected Poems of Henry Derozio: Song of the Hindoostanee Minstrel |url=https://scalar.lehigh.edu/derozio/song-of-the-hindoostanee-minstrel |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Collected Poems of Henry Derozio: Preface by Manu Samriti Chander; Edited by Amardeep Singh |language=en}}</ref>

The poem is structured around three main points. First the speaker describes the beauty of his beloved (a Kashmiri girl). Next, he speaks about poverty. Finally, he assures his beloved that soon they will see better days. At the end of the poem the poet presents the optimistic picture in front of his beloved, he says that though the world may change, their love for each other will remain the same, and will continue to love each other till their end. The poem has been compared to the vision of the lovers in the poem "The Last Ride Together" by [[Robert Browning]].<ref name="Singh">{{Cite book |title=A Collection of Indian English Poetry |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2011 |isbn=8125042962 |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Radha Mohan}}</ref>

== References==
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== External links ==

* [https://scalar.lehigh.edu/derozio/poems-1827 Online edition], edited by Amardeep Singh

[[Category:1827 poetry books]]

Poems (Derozio) - Revision history

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