Living
Stray Birds 299: The world loved man when he smiled
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
The world loved man when he smiled. The world became afraid of him when he laughed.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 299: The world loved man when he smiled.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/486/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 299: The world loved man when he smiled.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/486/.
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