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  ...has made his weapons his gods. When his weapons win he is defeated himself.
46 God finds himself by creating.
47 Shadow, with her veil drawn, follows Light in secret meekness, with her silent steps of love.
48 The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.
49 I thank thee that I am none of the wheels of power but I am one with the living creatures that are crushed by it.
50 The mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.
51 Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.  
52 Man does not reveal himself in his history, he struggles up through it.
53 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."
54 Like the meeting of the seagulls and the waves we meet and come near. The seagulls fly off, the waves roll away and we depart.
55 My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the...   Tagore, Rabindranath

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Born May 7, 1861, Calcutta, India. Died Aug. 7, 1941, Calcutta. Bengali poet, writer, composer, and painter. The son of Debendranath Tagore, he published several books of poetry, including Manasi, in his 20's. His later religious poetry was introduced to the West in Gitanjali (1912). Through international travel and lecturing, he introduced aspects of Indian culture to the West and vice versa. He spoke ardently in favour of Indian independence; as a protest against the Massacre of Amritsar, he repudiated the knighthood he had received in 1915. He founded an experimental school in Bengal where he sought to blend Eastern and Western philosophies; it became Vishva-Bharati University (1921). He was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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