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The following lines sent to him by an English
friend are far more eloquent than anything that I could
say.
The fairest dreams, the sweetest melodies,
The purest joys, the beauty and the grace
Of eager thoughts that from the poet's soul
Fly forth for our enchantment and delight,—
These words of flame, these mystic harmonies,
These woven webs of air and dew and dawn,
Are they but shadows ?—Verily, not so !
For into every shadowy image, Love—
True love for God, a tenderness for man—
A» heart infuses; so the poet's dreams
Shall live when Earth and Time have passed away.
PROFESSOR K. R. SRINIVASA IYENGAR
" Among Muslim writers of English, of English verse
especially, particular mention must be made of Nawab
Sir Nizamat Jung Bahadur. Born ,in ,1.871^ educated
in India and at Cambridge, Sir Nizamat has occupied
very important positions in the Hyderabad State.
His Casual Reflections and Morning Thoughts use the
medium of English prose, at times prose of a singular
force and suggestiveness, for the communication of his
inmost thoughts on the many problems, big and small,
that confront men and women today. These prose
pieces may almost be called miniature essays, in the
course of which.Sir Nizamat is caught unawares mur-
muring to himself, in the words of the old song* " says I
to myself, says I. "
Sir Nizamat's verses and sonnets have been collected
and published with the titles, Sonnets and Other Poems,
Love's Withered Leaves, and Islamic'Poems* In the