Gitanjali 10
Here is thy footstool and there rest thy feet where live the poorest,and lowliest, and lost.
When I try to bow to thee, my obeisance cannot reach down to the depthwhere thy feet rest among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.
Pride can never approach to where thou walkest in the clothes of thehumble among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.
My heart can never find its way to where thou keepest company with thecompanionless among the poorest, the lowliest, and the lost.
Words in this poem
- footstool n.
- A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
- companionless a.
- Without a companion.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Gitanjali 10 is in the public domain. This text is taken from Gitanjali (Song Offerings), a collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali, with an introduction by W. B. Yeats (India Society, London, 1912), Project Gutenberg ebook #7164; 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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