Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Note on the Text Introduction xiii xix xxi SECTION I: THE INDIA GAZETTE POEMS AND PROSE The India Gazette Poems, 1822-8 3 Sonnet to Night 4 Sonnet: 'Swift fly the darts from wanton Cupid's bow,...' 6 Editorial: 'We allude to the performance of the Tragedy of Douglas..." 6 Editorial: 'Calcutta ought to have its name changed....' 9 To : 'I'll break the chain that's bound me fast...' 11 Good Night 11 To : 'Come! whither? ah it cannot be! ' 12 Sweets No. 1: Woman's Smile 14 No. 2: Woman's Tear 14 No. 3: The Poet's Grave 15 No. 4: The Days Gone By! 17 No. 5: Happy Meetings 18 No. 6: The Death of the Righteous 19 Untitled Poem: 'I will not leave my silken thread,...' 20 The Broken Harp 22 Forget Me Not 23 Elegiac Stanzas 24 Love Me and Leave Me Not 25 Correspondence: A Day in Cantonments 25
vi CONTENTS The Midnight Hour 27 Stanzas: 'Forget not, forget not the moment we parted,..." 29 On Reading Some Lines by Ticklee, in a Late Number of the India Gazette 30 The Bard's Last Song 31 The Grecian Sire and Son 32 Lines Written at the Request of a Young Lady 32 Don Juanics Verses I-XI 33 Verses XII-XXII 36 Verses XXIII-XXXIV 40 Verses XXXV-LIV 44 Advertisement: In India Gazette (13 April 1826) 49 Correspondence: 'What is become of your correspondent Juvenis?...' 51 Address to the Greeks 52 The Ruins of Rajmahal 54 The Tomb 56 The Widow Maniac 57 Thermopylae 58 My Dream 58 Ode from the Persian of Hafiz: 'Morn advances from her bowers,...' 59 Correspondence: Ode from the Persian of Half Queez: 'Showers pelting, drizzling, dull...' 60 Correspondence: Letter Signed Nigah-ban 61 Ode from the Persian of Hafiz: 'That idol to my soul so dear..." 63 Ode from the Persian of Hafiz: 'I have felt Love's fatal pain...' 64 Tribute to Henry Meredith Parker 65 The New Atlantis 66 The India Gazette Prose, 1822-8 67 Prose by and about Derozio in the India Gazette, 1822 8 67 The 'Little Theatre' 68 'On Drunkenness' by Leporello 69 Torn-out Leaves of a Scrap Book 79 No. I: Beginnings Literature in India Promises 80
CONTENTS vii No. II: Chit-chat Scandal Tea-parties 84 No. Ill: Education In India Lines to My Brother in Scotland 87 The Bridal 91 SECTION II: Two VOLUMES, 1827 AND 1828 Poems 95 Dedication 95 Preface 96 Corrigenda 96 The Harp of India 96 The Maniac Widow 97 Thermopylae 101 Love's First Feelings 102 Song: 'The roe that on the mountain dwells, 103 Poetry: 'Sweet madness! when the youthful brain is seized... Freedom to the Slave My Dream Heaven To My Brother in Scotland Here's a Health to thee Lassie! Ode from the Persian of Hafiz: 'Say, what's the rose without the smile...' The Tomb The Bridal Evening in August Greece Good Night The Poet's Grave Song of the Indian Girl The Greeks at Marathon The Orphan Girl The Grecian Sire and Son Stanzas: 'Like roses blooming o'er the grave, a fair and fragrant wreath...' To the Dog Star The Enchantress of the Cave: A Tale To : 'Though my neglected lyre I wake once more..." ' 105 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 116 117 120 120 121 121 123 124 127 128 128 128
viii CONTENTS Italy The Ruins of Rajmahal Tasso Address to the Greeks Romeo and Juliet Hope Yorick's Scull The Song of Antar the Arab: A Paraphrase Morning after a Storm All is Lost, Save Honour Leaves Dust Ada Phyle Song of the Hindoostanee Minstrel Stanzas: 'O! shall I forget it? May Memory depart...' Anecdote of Francis 1 Hopeless Grief Sappho Lines to an Infant Night The Poet's Habitation: A Fragment Notes 138 139 142 143 145 145 147 148 149 150 152 153 154 160 160 162 162 163 164 164 165 168 170 The Fakeer ofjungheera, A Metrical Tale, And Other Poems172 Dedication 'My country! in thy days of glory past The Fakeer ofjungheera Canto First Canto Second Notes to Canto First Notes to Canto Second 172 173 173 173 199 227 234 Miscellaneous Poems 237 The New Atlantis: A Fragment 237 The Neglected Minstrel 242
CONTENTS ix The Deserted Girl 247 The Golden Vase 250 The Eclipse 253 Poetic Haunts 255 To Night 258 Lines on the Unfortunate Death of Henry Neele, Esq. 260 An Invitation 262 Aspirations 263 Sonnet: To Henry Meredith Parker, Esq. 264 Sonnet: 'Scarce has it blossomed, ere the vernal flower...' 265 Sonnet: To the Moon 265 Sonnet: 'Regret has ne'er brought back a vanished day...' 266 Sonnet: 'Dreams to the care-worn soul are kindly given..." 266 Sonnet: 'Death! my best friend, if thou dost ope the door...' 266 Sonnet: 'Where are thy waters, Lethe? I would steep...' 267 Sonnet: 'O! could my wandering, breeze-pinioned mind..." 267 Sonnet: 'Fair lady! I was but a minstrel boy...' 268 Sonnet: To the Rising Moon 268 Sonnet: 'Misery on misery! I shall soon be...' 269 SECTION III: THE YEARS 1829-31 Poems in the India Gazette 272 The 'Leporello' Poems 272 Poetry: 'They say that Poets are a venal race...' 274 Good Night 278 The Sister-in-law 280 Canzonet: 'I wrote my name upon the sand...' 281 Stanzas: 'If aught could warm my soul...' 283 On the Abolition of Suttee 284 Poems from The Kaleidoscope (1829-30) 289 Sonnet: To My Pupils 290 Stanzas Written in a Lady's Album 291 Sonnet: To the Rozunigundha 293 Sonnet: To an Infant 293 The Lost Hunter: A Fragment 294
x CONTENTS Poems in the Bengal Annual (1830-1) 296 Bengal Annual (1830) 298 Song: 'As waits a watcher of the skies..." 298 A Dramatic Sketch 299 The Rain 307 BengalAnnual (1831) 308 Moods of Mind 312 A Quiet Place 313 Beauty 314 Night 314 A Soft Voice 314 Sonnet: To the Students at the Hindu College 314 Grief 315 Philosophical Utopia: A Fragment 315 An Intelligent Countenance 317 Stanzas: 'They love me not, they love me not,...' 317 Fears 317 Light and Gloom 318 Resignation Letter and Following Correspondence 319 Derozio's letter to H.H. Wilson (25 April 1831) 319 Derozio's Letter of Resignation to the Managing Committee of the Hindu College (25 April 1831) 320 Wilsons Letter to Derozio (25 April 1831) 321 Derozios Letter to H.H. Wilson (26 April 1831) 322 India Gazette Correspondence: 'Assault on Mr Derozio' 327 Correspondence: Assault on Mr Derozio, Editor of the East Indian 327 Correspondence: Further Statement of Mr Derozio, with Proofs 331 Correspondence: Tit For Tat and the East Indian 336 Correspondence: Captain McNaghten and Mr Derozio 340 East Indians' Meetings 342 Second East Indians' Meeting 348 Last Two Pieces from the East Indian in the India Gazette 357
CONTENTS xi Examination of the Pupils of the Durromtollah Academy 358 Rammohun Roy 359 SECTION IV: POSTHUMOUS PUBLICATIONS Poems Published Posthumously 363 The Orient Pearl 363 To My Friend upon his Marriage 367 The Bengal Annual 368 The Stars 368 The Poetry of Human Life 369 The Calcutta Literary Gazette 370 The Changed 370 Batilda, a Saxon Princess 371 Social Feeling 1830 372 Other Uncollected Poems 373 A Walk by Moonlight 374 Sonnet: 'Your hand is on the helm guide on young men...' 376 Prose by Derozio 377 Thoughts on Various Subjects 377 APPENDIX Appendix A: Notices, Reviews, and Responses to Derozio's Poems 389 Editorial: 'We have much pleasure in observing...' 389 Correspondence: 'In the 13th number of the Oriental Quarterly Magazine..." 390 Editorial: 'In addition to the just meed of praise paid to Mr Derozio's poetic talents..." 393 Notice: Review of The Fakeer ofjungeera 395 Review of The Fakeer ofjungheera (30 October 1828) 397 Review of The Fakeer ofjungheera continued (3 November 1828) 403 Review: India Gazette (7 December 1829) 414 Editorial: Derozio's Poems All
xii CONTENTS Appendix B: Material on Derozio Published Posthumously 424 India Gazette: Notices, Advertisements, Obituaries 424 Advertisement: Private Tuition, Circular Road, Calcutta 424 Advertisement: The East Indian 425 Obituary: The Late Mr Derozio 426 Prospectus by Amelia Derozio 430 Article: Monument to Mr Derozio 431 Notice: The East Indian 432 Editorial: Derozio's Religious Beliefs 434 Memoir in the Calcutta Literary Gazette 435 777i? Weekly Examiner and The Calcutta Courier AA1 Editorial: 'The Late Mr Derozio' 443 The Calcutta Courier (18 August 1840) 445 Editorial: ' The Courier and the Late Mr Derozio' 447 Editorial: Calcutta Courier (24 August 1840) 451 From a Native Correspondent 452 Editorial: 'The Courier and the Late Mr Derozio' 454 Calcutta Courier (29 August 1840) 456 Editorial: The Late Mr Derozio and the Christian Advocate 458 Editorial: The Weekly Examiner (12 December 1840) 462 Bibliography AGb