The Gardener 19
You walked by the riverside path with the full pitcher upon your hip.Why did you swiftly turn your face and peep at me through your fluttering veil?That gleaming look from the dark came upon me like a breeze thatsends a shiver through the rippling water and sweeps away to theshadowy shore.It came to me like the bird of the evening that hurriedly fliesacross the lampless room from the one open window to the other,and disappears in the night.You are hidden as a star behind the hills, and I am a passer-by upon the road.But why did you stop for a moment and glance at my face throughyour veil while you walked by the riverside path with the fullpitcher upon your hip?
Words in this poem
- riverside n.
- The side or bank of a river.
- lampless a.
- Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Gardener 19 is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Gardener, translated by the author from the original Bengali (Macmillan, London and New York, 1913; this text the 1915 printing), Project Gutenberg ebook #6686; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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