''Cradle-Song''
I bring for you,
Aglint with dew
A little lovely dream
Design by Harry Clarke
This illustration was among at least 12 colour designs prepared by Clarke to accompany the poetry published in the 1920
Edition of The Year's at the Spring.
It was the sole illustration to accompany Sarojini Naidu's "Cradle-Song" and is associated with the following text:
I bring for you,
Aglint with dew
A little lovely dream.
Sarojini Naidu was a renowned Indian poet, in addition to being one of the leaders of the movement agitating for Indian
independence and emancipation of that nation's female population. The Nawab of Hyderabad was involved with securing
a scholarship for Naidu after reading her 1300 line poem, "The Lady of the Lake", and she subsequently gained admission to
King's College in England at the age of 16. Her poetry gained critical acclaim, but after a meeting with Mahatma Gandhi in
1916, she dedicated herself to social reform in her home country - at one point spending 21 months in prison arising from
her role in the non-violent independence movement. Following independence, she served as the first woman governor in
India, leading Uttar Pradesh.
The full text of Cradle-Song follows:
From groves of spice,
O'er fields of rice,
Athwart the lotus-stream,
I bring for you,
Aglint with dew
A little lovely dream.
Sweet, shut your eyes,
The wild fire-flies
Dance through the fairy neem;
From the poppy-bole
For you I stole
A little lovely dream.
Dear eyes, good-night,
In golden light
the stars around you gleam;
On you I press
With soft caress
A little lovely dream.
Clarke's illustration to accompany Naidu's work displays a most sympathetic understanding of Eastern influences.
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Single Greeting Card (with matching Envelope)
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Reproduction on 12x18" sheet
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Reproduction on 18x24" sheet
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When presented on Greeting Cards, this image is prepared as a tipped-on plate - in hommage to the hand-crafted
approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is
hand-finished, with the image presented on Ivory card stock with an accompanying envelope. On the rear of each
card we also present some information about Harry Clarke and this wonderful illustration. We have left the interior
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