Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Fragment ID: 20332
Here too the gracious mighty Angel poured
Her splendour and her swiftness and her thrill,
Hoping to fill this new fair world with her joy.1
No, that [“pours” instead of “poured”] would take away all meaning from “new fair world” – it is the attempted conquest of earth by life when earth had been created – a past event though still continuing in its sequel and result.
1936
1 An earlier version of P. 130. lines 4-6