Gitanjali 85
When the warriors came out first from their master’s hall, where hadthey hid their power? Where were their armour and their arms?
They looked poor and helpless, and the arrows were showered upon themon the day they came out from their master’s hall.
When the warriors marched back again to their master’s hall where didthey hide their power?
They had dropped the sword and dropped the bow and the arrow; peace wason their foreheads, and they had left the fruits of their life behindthem on the day they marched back again to their master’s hall.
Words in this poem
- armour n.
- Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle. [OE. armure, fr. F. armure, OF. armeure, fr. L. armatura. See Armature.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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Gitanjali 85 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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