Selected Poems of Rabindranath Tagore

<b>A Penguin Classic</b> <p/>The poems of Rabindranath Tagore are among the most haunting and tender in Indian and in world literature expressing a profound and passionate human yearning. His ceaselessly inventive works deal with such subjects as the interplay between God and the world the eternal and transient and with the paradox of an endlessly changing universe that is in tune with unchanging harmonies. Poems such as Earth and In the Eyes of a Peacock present a picture of natural processes unaffected by human concerns while others as in Recovery - 14 convey the poet's bewilderment about his place in the world. And exuberant works such as New Rain and Grandfather's Holiday describe Tagore's sheer joy at the glories of nature or simply in watching a grandchild play. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.