A Writer You Should Know About: Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

I came to offer thee a flower,
but thou must have all my garden —

It is thine.

When death comes and whispers to me,
"Thy days are ended,"
let me say to him, "I have lived in love
and not in mere time."
He will ask, "Will thy songs remain?"
I shall say, "I know not, but this I know

that often when I sang I found my eternity."

from: "Fireflies"

by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore

"Fireflies"

http://www.terebess.hu/english/tagore5.html

"Gitanjali"

http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/33283-Rabindranath-Tagore-Gitanjali

http://oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/Rabindranath_Tagore

http://www.schoolofwisdom.com/tagore-bio.html

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1913/tagore-bio.html

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/rabindranath_tagore.html

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/tagore/index.htm

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rtagore.htm

http://www.poetseers.org/nobel_prize_for_literature/tagore/

http://www.indolink.com/Poetry/tgorIndx.html

http://www.poetry-archive.com/t/tagore_rabindranath.html

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/rabindranath_tagore

http://www.writespirit.net/spiritual_poets/rabindranath_tagore_poetry/tagore_poems

http://www.tagorepoetry.com/

http://allspirit.co.uk/tagore.html

Various poems inspired by famous people:

http://allpoetry.com/list/32270-Inspired-by-Famous-People

My columns on various writers and painters:

http://allpoetry.com/column/by/Night%20Hope

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Danny Beatty
November 14, 2009
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yeah yeah everybody loves this poet, but I like Basho a lot better and all that and not only that but I like Rumi better, too ... oh some of this guys stuff is beyond wonderful, though

I am too lazy to do anything like this myself

there is some of the chocolate ice cream left, by the way
Cynthia Gaines
November 13, 2009
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He is also one of my favorites, and I think his eyes are so beautifully soulful. Thank you for sharing this information!!
Peace,
Cyn
grammabuff
November 13, 2009
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Again, you have spotlighted a favorite of mine. Many years ago, when I was still singing. I learned several songs from the Gitanjali. My favorite was "On the sea shore of endless worlds." Wish I still had the music -it's beautiful and so very different.