I really did think at one time that I was on the verge of becoming a poet, but Providence was kind enough to save me from that disaster.
 Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World (1916). copy citation

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Author Rabindranath Tagore
Source The Home and the World
Topic poetry disaster
Date 1916
Language English
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Note Translated by Surendranath Tagore
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Context

“But I'm not so, and she knew it When she fixed me, glancing round them. */ "I managed to get together the words to render it into Bengali, somehow, but the result was hardly likely to be a 'joy forever' to the people of Bengal. I really did think at one time that I was on the verge of becoming a poet, but Providence was kind enough to save me from that disaster. Do you remember old Dakshina? If he had not become a Salt Inspector, he would have been a poet. I remember his rendering to this day …
"No, Queen Bee, it is no use rummaging those bookshelves. Nikhil has ceased to read poetry since his marriage—perhaps he has no further need for it.” source

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