The Lotus Poem by Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency / British India

The Lotus

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On the day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my mind was straying,
and I knew it not. My basket was empty and the flower remained unheeded.

Only now and again a sadness fell upon me, and I started up from my
dream and felt a sweet trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind.

That vague sweetness made my heart ache with longing and it seemed to
me that is was the eager breath of the summer seeking for its completion.

I knew not then that it was so near, that it was mine, and that this
perfect sweetness had blossomed in the depth of my own heart.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
alina p thomas 13 June 2018

such a beautiful poem are vaa it makes me the feel of lotus in the pond thankyou poem hunter

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Glen Kappy 24 November 2016

This one reminds me of a poem of my own, reminds me of archetypes. Neighbor's forsythia- blossoms mostly withered- where have I been looking? Glen Kappy

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Joe Foley 01 February 2012

why wont it let me vote 1?

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Rabindranath Tagore

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Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency / British India
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