Living
Stray Birds 53: While the glass lamp rebukes the earthen for
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
While the glass lamp rebukes the earthen for calling it cousin, the moon rises, and the glass lamp, with a bland smile, calls her, "My dear, dear sister."
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 53: While the glass lamp rebukes the earthen for.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/240/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 53: While the glass lamp rebukes the earthen for.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/240/.
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