“ the wealthy shall hasten to throw open their treasure for your acceptance; those who have nothing else shall beg to be allowed to offer their lives. ”
Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World (1916). copy citation
| Author | Rabindranath Tagore |
|---|---|
| Source | The Home and the World |
| Topic | acceptance life |
| Date | 1916 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Surendranath Tagore |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7166/pg7166-images.html |
Context
“When I ceased speaking she opened wide her eyes, and murmured with fixed gaze, as though still dazed: "O Traveller in the path of Destruction! Who is there that can stay your progress? Do I not see that none shall stand in the way of your desires? Kings shall lay their crowns at your feet; the wealthy shall hasten to throw open their treasure for your acceptance; those who have nothing else shall beg to be allowed to offer their lives. O my king, my god! What you have seen in me I know not, but I have seen the immensity of your grandeur in my heart. Who am I, what am I, in its presence? Ah, the awful power of Devastation! Never shall I truly live till it kills me utterly!”
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