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Rabindranath Tagore's Poetry, by first line

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  • Stream Of Life
    The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
    runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
    9 lines
  • Maya
    That I should make much of myself and turn it on all sides,
    thus casting colored shadows on thy radiance
    17 lines, 1 comment
  • Innermost One
    He it is, the innermost one,
    who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches.
    12 lines
  • Senses
    Deliverance is not for me in renunciation.
    I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.
    10 lines
  • Face To Face
    Day after day, O lord of my life,
    shall I stand before thee face to face.
    12 lines, 1 comment
  • Lost Star
    When the creation was new and all the stars shone in their first
    splendor, the gods held their assembly in the sky and sang
    16 lines
  • Let Me Not Forget
    If it is not my portion to meet thee in this life
    then let me ever feel that I have missed thy sight
    23 lines
  • Roaming Cloud
    I am like a remnant of a cloud of autumn
    uselessly roaming in the sky, O my sun ever-glorious!
    13 lines
  • Lost Time
    On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time.
    But it is never lost, my lord.
    9 lines, 3 comments
  • Endless Time
    Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.
    There is none to count thy minutes.
    13 lines, 1 comment
  • Chain Of Pearls
    Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck
    with my tears of sorrow.
    9 lines, 1 comment
  • Brink Of Eternity
    In desperate hope I go and search for her
    in all the corners of my room;
    15 lines, 5 comments
  • Old And New
    Thou hast made me known to friends whom I knew not.
    Thou hast given me seats in homes not my own.
    14 lines
  • Passing Breeze
    Yes, I know, this is nothing but thy love,
    O beloved of my heart---this golden light that dances upon the leaves,
    7 lines
  • 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.
    8 lines, 2 comments
  • Waiting
    The song I came to sing
    remains unsung to this day.
    16 lines, 7 comments
  • Light
    Light, my light, the world-filling light,
    the eye-kissing light,
    14 lines
  • Little Of Me
    Let only that little be left of me
    whereby I may name thee my all.
    11 lines
  • Give Me Strength
    This is my prayer to thee, my lord---strike,
    strike at the root of penury in my heart.
    7 lines
  • 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,
    9 lines
  • Only Thee
    That I want thee, only thee---let my heart repeat without end.
    All desires that distract me, day and night,
    11 lines
  • Beggarly Heart
    When the heart is hard and parched up,
    come upon me with a shower of mercy.
    10 lines, 1 comment
  • Sail Away
    Early in the day it was whispered that we should sail in a boat,
    only thou and I, and never a soul in the world would know of this our
    13 lines, 1 comment
  • Where Shadow Chases Light
    This is my delight,
    thus to wait and watch at the wayside
    13 lines
  • Silent Steps
    Have you not heard his silent steps?
    He comes, comes, ever comes.
    13 lines
  • Distant Time
    I know not from what distant time
    thou art ever coming nearer to meet me.
    9 lines
  • The Journey
    The morning sea of silence broke into ripples of bird songs;
    and the flowers were all merry by the roadside;
    35 lines
  • Lamp Of Love
    Light, oh where is the light?
    Kindle it with the burning fire of desire!
    17 lines
  • 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
    6 lines, 3 comments
  • Prisoner
    `Prisoner, tell me, who was it that bound you?'
    `It was my master,' said the prisoner.
    15 lines, 2 comments
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