Tagore, Rabindranath. Gitanjali,
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   Thy gifts to us mortals fulfil all our needs and yet run back to thee undiminished.

   The river has its everyday work to do and hastens through fields and


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hamlets; yet its incessant stream winds towards the washing of thy feet.

   The flower sweetens the air with its perfume; yet its last service is to offer itself to thee.

   Thy worship does not impoverish the world.

   From the words of the poet men take what meanings please them; yet their last meaning points to thee.