Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Poetry and Art

SABCL - Volume 27

Part 2. On His Own and Others’ Poetry
Section 3. Practical Guidance for Aspiring Writers
Remarks on English Usage

On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [1]

Under the gloam, like a withdrawing wave

I heard some flute-soul’s visionary woe ...

If you can justify the word “gloam” I would suggest

I heard in gloam like a withdrawing wave

A visionary flute-soul’s plumbless woe.

23 September 1934