Living
Stray Birds 321: I have scaled the peak and found no
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
I have scaled the peak and found no shelter in fame's bleak and barren height. Lead me, my Guide, before the light fades, into the valley of quiet where life's harvest mellows into golden wisdom.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 321: I have scaled the peak and found no.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/508/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 321: I have scaled the peak and found no.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/508/.
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