 In them are enshrined what she had learnt of her country from books and from her people.She did not anglicise her ideas but kept close to the ethical values of the original tales while her understanding of modern life and dedication to craft has helped her to make these ideas of yore relevant to posterity.Some well-remembered poems from this volume include "A Sea of Foliace," "The Lotus," "Sîta," and "Our Casuarina Tree."