At nightfall the pretty Ganges wore <br />A black sequined satin dress and <br />A splendid necklace studded with <br />Candle-like lights on the bridge <br />The flickering flame of the lantern <br />In the boat refused to dance <br />To the passing wind’s death-tune <br />Near the jetty stood a monstrosity <br />Brooding over its illumined loneliness <br />And its cavernous stomach ached with <br />The darkest secrets of the high seas.<br /><br />Jagannath rao Adukuri<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-boat-trip-on-the-ganges-in-calcutta/
