The Gardener 30
You are the evening cloud floating in the sky of my dreams.I paint you and fashion you ever with my love longings.You are my own, my own, Dweller in my endless dreams!
Your feet are rosy-red with the glow of my heart's desire, Gleanerof my sunset songs!Your lips are bitter-sweet with the taste of my wine of pain.You are my own, my own, Dweller in my lonesome dreams!
With the shadow of my passion have I darkened your eyes, Haunterof the depth of my gaze!I have caught you and wrapt you, my love, in the net of my music.You are my own, my own, Dweller in my deathless dreams!
Words in this poem
- gleaner n.
- One who gathers after reapers.
- lonesome a.
- Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.
- haunter n.
- One who, or that which, haunts.
- deathless a.
- Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Gardener 30 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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