The Harp of India

Derozio asked the first question to his motherland as to why is she hanging lonely on yon withered; Shriveled, shrunken, or faded from or as if from loss of moisture or sustenance: bough; A tree branch, especially a large or main branch. Unstrung; Past tense and past participle of unstring: having a string or strings loosened or removed: emotionally upset: forever, must she remain there; Her music which was once so sweet — who hears it now? Derozio asked the second question as to why does the breeze; A light current of air; a gentle wind: Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 27 knots (5 to 31 miles per hour; 7 to 50 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale: Informal Something, such as a task, that is easy to do; Sigh; To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief: To emit a similar sound: To feel longing or grief; yearn: over her in vain?

Silence hath bound her with her fatal chain; Neglected, mute; Refraining from producing speech or vocal sound: Often Offensive Unable to speak: Unable to vocalize, as certain animals: Expressed without speech; unspoken: Law Refusing to plead when under arraignment: Not pronounced; Pronounced with a temporary stoppage of breath, as the sounds (p) and (b); plosive; stopped: Often Offensive One who is incapable of speech: To soften or muffle the sound of: To soften the tone, color, shade, or hue of; and desolate; a. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted: Barren; lifeless: Rendered unfit for habitation or use: Dreary; dismal: Bereft of friends or hope; sad and forlorn. : To rid or deprive of inhabitants: To lay waste; devastate: to forsake; abandon: to make lonely, forlorn, or wretched.

she is, Like ruined monument; A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial: an inscribed marker placed at a grave; a tombstone: something venerated for its enduring historic significance or association with a notable past person or thing: an outstanding enduring achievement: