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Hard Times
Hard Times
Music is silenced, the dark descending slowly
Has stripped unending skies of all companions.
Weariness grips your limbs and within the…
Gitanjali
Gitanjali
1.
Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again
and again, and fillest it ever with f…
Free Love
Free Love
By all means they try to hold me secure who love me in this world.
But it is otherwise with thy love which is greater than theirs,
and …
Friend
Friend
Art thou abroad on this stormy night
on thy journey of love, my friend?
The sky groans like one in despair.
…
Flower
Flower
Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it
droop and drop into the dust.
I may not find a place in th…
Farewell
Farewell
I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers!
I bow to you all and take my departure.
Here I give back the …
Dungeon
Dungeon
He whom I enclose with my name is weeping in this dungeon.
I am ever busy building this wall all around; and as this wall goes up into
Face To Face
Face To Face
Day after day, O lord of my life,
shall I stand before thee face to face.
With folded hands, O lord of all worlds,
shall I s…
Colored Toys
Colored Toys
When I bring to you colored toys, my child,
I understand why there is such a play of colors on clouds, on water,
and why flowers are…
Defamation
Defamation
Whey are those tears in your eyes, my child?
How horrid of them to be always scolding you for nothing!
You hav…
Broken Song
Broken Song
Kasinath the new young singer fills the hall with sound:
The seven notes dance in his throat like seven tame birds.
His voice is a sh…
Closed Path
Closed Path
I thought that my voyage had come to its end
at the last limit of my power,---that the path before me was closed,
that provisions wer…
Beggarly Heart
Beggarly Heart
When the heart is hard and parched up,
come upon me with a shower of mercy.
When grace is lost from life,
come wit…
Brahmā, Vişņu, Śiva
Brahmā, Vişņu, Śiva
I THE DARK
In a worldless timeless lightless great emptiness
Four-faced Brahma broods.
At The Last Watch
At The Last Watch
Pity, in place of love,
That pettiest of gifts,
Is but a sugar-coating over neglect.
Any passerby can make a gift of it…
Baby's Way
Baby's Way
If baby only wanted to, he could fly up to heaven this moment.
It is not for nothing that he does not leave us.
He lov…
A Moments Indulgence
A Moments Indulgence
I ask for a moment's indulgence to sit by thy side. The works
that I have in hand I will finish afterwards.
Away fro…
To the Rt. Hon. William, Earl of Dartmouth
To the Rt. Hon. William, Earl of Dartmouth
Hail, happy day, when, smiling like the morn,
Fair Freedom rose New-England to adorn:
The northern clime benea…
To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, On Reading His Sermons On Daily Devotion, In
To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, On Reading His Sermons On Daily Devotion, In
Which that Duty Is Recommended And Assisted
TO cultivate in ev'ry noble mind
H…
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty,
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty,
Your subjects hope, dread Sire--
The crown upon your brows may flourish long,
And that your arm may in your God be…
To the Honourable T.H. Esq on the Death of His Daughter
To the Honourable T.H. Esq on the Death of His Daughter
While deep you mourn beneath the cypress-shade
The hand of Death, and your dear daughter laid
In …
To S.M. a Young African Painter
To S.M. a Young African Painter
To show the lab'ring bosom's deep intent,
And thought in living characters to paint,
When first thy pencil did those beau…
To Maecenas
To Maecenas
MAECENAS, you, beneath the myrtle shade,
Read o'er what poets sung, and shepherds play'd.
What felt those poets but you feel the same?
…
To His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor
To His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor
All-Conquering Death! by thy resistless pow'r,
Hope's tow'ring plumage falls to rise no more!
Of scenes terrestrial…