Rabindranath Tagore

Paper Boats

Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the runningstream.In bid black letters I write my…

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One Day in Spring…

One day in spring, a woman cameIn my lonely woods,In the lovely form of the Beloved.Came, to give to my…

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Old And New

Thou hast made me known to friends whom I knew not.Thou hast given me seats in homes not my own.Thou…

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My Song

This song of mine will wind its music around you, my child, likethe fond arms of love.This song of mine…

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Moments Indulgence

I ask for a moment's indulgence to sit by thy side. The worksthat I have in hand I will finish…

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Lover’s Gifts XXVIII: I Dreamt

I dreamt that she sat by my head, tenderly ruffling my hair withher fingers, playing the melody of her touch.…

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Lover’s Gifts XVIII: Your Days

Your days will be full of cares, if you must give me your heart.My house by the cross-roads has its…

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Lover’s Gifts XLVIII: I Travelled the Old Road

I travelled the old road every day, I took my fruits to the market,my cattle to the meadows, I ferried…

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Lover’s Gifts XLIV: Where Is Heaven

Where is heaven? you ask me, my child,-the sages tell us it isbeyond the limits of birth and death, unswayed…

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Lover’s Gifts XLII: Are You a Mere Picture

Are you a mere picture, and not as true as those stars, true asthis dust? They throb with the pulse…

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