The Gardener 50
Love, my heart longs day and night for the meeting with you--forthe meeting that is like all-devouring death.Sweep me away like a storm; take everything I have; break open mysleep and plunder my dreams. Rob me of my world.In that devastation, in the utter nakedness of spirit, let usbecome one in beauty.Alas for my vain desire! Where is this hope for union except in thee, my God?
Words in this poem
- nakedness n.
- The condition of being naked.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Gardener 50 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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