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The Gardener (Tagore)/60

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3917914The Gardener — 601913Rabindranath Tagore

AMIDST the rush and roar of life, O Beauty, carved in stone, you stand mute and still, alone and aloof.
Great Time sits enamoured at your feet and murmurs:
“Speak, speak to me, my love; speak, my bride!”
But your speech is shut up in stone, O Immovable Beauty!