Selected Poems

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Nobel Laureate, is the most eminent modern Indian writer to have appeared on the world literary scene.Sukanta Chaudhuri is Professor of English at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.Sankha Ghosh was formerly Professor of Bengali at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

• GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; A NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS; NOTES ON DATES, TEXT, AND ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION BY SANKHA GHOSH; THE SUICIDE OF THE STAR; THE SPRING WAKES FROM ITS DREAM; RAHU'S LOVE; THE HEART'S LONGINGS; SONG-WRITING; MEMORY; BEYOND THE SUNSET; BRIEF INFINITY; ETERNAL DAY; OCEAN WAVES; TO AHALYA; A FAREWELL; THE GOLDEN BOAT; I WON'T LET YOU GO; SWAYING; TO THE OCEAN; THE HEART'S YAMUNA; VOYAGE WITHOUT END; ON A MOONLIT LIGHT; NOW TURN ME BACK; THE VARIOUS-PICTURED; A PLEA; URVASHI; THE MIRAGE; THE LORD OF LIFE; BESIDE THE SEA; OFFERING; THE UNPHILOSOPHICAL; THE UNKNOWN UNIVERSE; AFFLICTION; DEVOURED BY THE GOD; WORDS AND RHYTHM; AFTER THE BURNING OF MADANA; THE END OF THE YEAR; THE MEETING OF KARNA AND KUNTI; THE DRUNKARD; HOW OLD IS THE POET?; COMPENSATION; BLOCK BLOSSOM; THE POET; LIFE; YOUR GESTURE; THE NEST AND THE SKY; ATHIRST; CHANGE OF ERA; WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR; THE POET'S SCIENCE; DEATH-TRYST; WORSHIP; THE CRAZY SPRING; THE AFAR; DEAR MOTHER; THE CHILDREN BY THE SHORE; THE INCENSE LONGS; LAST FERRY; THE HOLY HOUR; RENUNCIATION; UNNECESSARY; THE COMING; THE MISER; SONG: THIS STORMY NIGHT; SONG: THE SUIT; SONG: WHEN LIFE HAS WITHERED; SONG: YOUR FLUTE PLAYS IN THE THUNDER; PILGRIMAGE TO INDIA; THE DISHONOURED; SONG: THIS IS WHY YOUR JOY; MY; SONG HAS CAST OFF; THE DAY I GO; SONG: THIS IS NO SWEET GAME; SONG: THE NIGHT MY DOORS WERE SHATTERED; SONG: THE HERDS OF LIGHT; SONG: MY LAMP BLOWN OUT; SUPREME FAREWELL; SONG: THE CLOUD SAYS, 'I AM GOING'; SONG: FROM THE SPRINGS OF DARKNESS; THE EVENING TRAVELLER; THE PICTURE; THE RESTLESS ONE; REPAYMENT; YOU AND I; THE FLYING GEESE; THE STORM-CROSSING; RELEASE; BEING LOST; DUSK AND DAWN; ONE DAY; FULFILMENT; FOOTSTEPS; GRATITUDE; THE SKELETON; UNION; THE EXCHANGE; HYMN TO THE TREE; WOMAN OF THE SEA; SEPARATION; WOMAN EMPOWERED; THE INCOMPLETE; THE QUESTION; THE BLACK HORSE; DEATH-VANQUISHER; CONTEMPLATION; FLUTE-MUSIC; BEAUTY; DEATH; THE INDIFFERENT; THE VICTOR; THE ANCIENT OLD MAN; THE END; EARTH; I; LAST NIGHT; ON THE OPEN PATH; IDENTITY; AFRICA; DEPLETION; WHEN THE RAVELLED THREAD OF DREAMS; THIS IS FREEDOM; I SAW IN THE TWILIGHT; THE DAY MY CONSCIOUSNESS WAS FREED; ON EVERY SIDE, SHE-SNAKES; WHY?; SOUND; A DECAYED HOUSE, A DESERTED MANSION; THE DRUMMERS; THE PEACOCK'S GAZE; THIS SIDE AND THAT; REMNANT; SONG: AHEAD, THE SEA OF PEACE; THE ROMANTIC; GIFTS; COMINGS AND GOINGS; AQUATIC; THE FIRST FORCE; SUDDEN DEATH; IMPOSSIBLE; I IMAGINE; LETTER FROM KALIMPONG; IN THIS UNIVERSE; IN THE GREY TWILIGHT WEDDING-HOUR; WHEN I DO NOT SEE YOU; CONCORD; THE PALL OF THE SELF; IN THE VAST FIELD OF CREATION; THEY WORK; SWEET IS THIS HEAVEN; SONG: THE SUPREME MAN NOW COMES; ON THE BANKS OF THE RUPNARAYAN; THE FIRST DAY'S SUN; SORROW'S DARK NIGHT; THE PATH OF YOUR CREATION; NOTES