In one poem in this collection, the speaker repeatedly implores a maiden with a lamp, "My house is all dark and lonesomeÂ—lend me your light!"
In one poem in this collection, the speaker repeatedly implores a maiden with a lamp, "My house is all dark and lonesomeÂ—lend me your light!" In another poem from it, the speaker forgoes "noisy, loud words," declaring, "Henceforth I will deal in whispers." One of this collection's lyrics asks, "Let my country awake," imagining a place "where the mind is without fear and the head is held high." In this collection's first poem, the speaker compares himself to a "frail vessel" in which "still there is room to fill." That poem begins, "Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure." This collection is often printed with an introduction by W.B. Yeats. With a title meaning "Song Offerings," for 10 points, name this collection of the poet's own English translations, by the Bengali author Rabindranath Tagore.
In one poem in this collection, the speaker repeatedly implores a maiden with a lamp, "My house is all dark and lonesomeÂ—lend me your light!"
Gitanjali [accept Song Offerings before mention]