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Indian poets and poems

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Poets in this collection

  1. Rabindranath TagoreBengali modernism · 28 poems

Selected poems

28 starting points, with featured poems first.

  1. Gitanjali 02: When thou commandest me to sing it seems that Rabindranath Tagore · 11 lines
  2. Gitanjali 03: I know not how thou singest, my master! I everRabindranath Tagore · 9 lines
  3. Gitanjali 04: Life of my life, I shall ever try to keep my bRabindranath Tagore · 10 lines
  4. Gitanjali 05: I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by thy Rabindranath Tagore · 9 lines
  5. Gitanjali 06: Pluck this little flower and take it, delay noRabindranath Tagore · 7 lines
  6. Gitanjali 07: My song has put off her adornments. She has noRabindranath Tagore · 6 lines
  7. Gitanjali 08: The child who is decked with prince’s robes anRabindranath Tagore · 8 lines
  8. Gitanjali 09: O Fool, try to carry thyself upon thy own shouRabindranath Tagore · 7 lines
  9. Gitanjali 10: Here is thy footstool and there rest thy feet Rabindranath Tagore · 8 lines
  10. Gitanjali 11: Leave this chanting and singing and telling ofRabindranath Tagore · 13 lines
  11. Gitanjali 12: The time that my journey takes is long and theRabindranath Tagore · 14 lines
  12. Gitanjali 13: The song that I came to sing remains unsung toRabindranath Tagore · 10 lines
  13. Gitanjali 14: My desires are many and my cry is pitiful, butRabindranath Tagore · 11 lines
  14. Gitanjali 15: I am here to sing thee songs. In this hall of Rabindranath Tagore · 8 lines
  15. Gitanjali 16: I have had my invitation to this world’s festiRabindranath Tagore · 6 lines
  16. Gitanjali 17: I am only waiting for love to give myself up aRabindranath Tagore · 10 lines
  17. Gitanjali 18: Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens. Ah, loRabindranath Tagore · 8 lines
  18. Gitanjali 19: If thou speakest not I will fill my heart withRabindranath Tagore · 8 lines
  19. Gitanjali 20: On the day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my miRabindranath Tagore · 9 lines
  20. Gitanjali 21: I must launch out my boat. The languid hours pRabindranath Tagore · 9 lines
  21. Gitanjali 22: In the deep shadows of the rainy July, with seRabindranath Tagore · 9 lines
  22. Gitanjali 23: Art thou abroad on this stormy night on thy joRabindranath Tagore · 8 lines
  23. Gitanjali 24: If the day is done, if birds sing no more, if Rabindranath Tagore · 8 lines
  24. Gitanjali 25: In the night of weariness let me give myself uRabindranath Tagore · 6 lines
  25. Gitanjali 26: He came and sat by my side but I woke not. WhaRabindranath Tagore · 6 lines
  26. Gitanjali 27: Light, oh where is the light? Kindle it with tRabindranath Tagore · 15 lines
  27. Gitanjali 28: Obstinate are the trammels, but my heart achesRabindranath Tagore · 11 lines
  28. Gitanjali 29: He whom I enclose with my name is weeping in tRabindranath Tagore · 6 lines