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miitu's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
"what is your name?"
donasbooks's review against another edition
3.0
DNF
Some of these prayers are extremely beautiful:
...Let Your love, like stars, shine in the
darkness of my sleep and dawn in my awakening. ...
But mostly, this collection bores me silly. Tagore was awarded the Nobel for his writings in 1913, and I am not diminishing the importance of this accomplishment. But I can't stay awake while reading this! It's the style -- so passive.
Some of these prayers are extremely beautiful:
...Let Your love, like stars, shine in the
darkness of my sleep and dawn in my awakening. ...
But mostly, this collection bores me silly. Tagore was awarded the Nobel for his writings in 1913, and I am not diminishing the importance of this accomplishment. But I can't stay awake while reading this! It's the style -- so passive.
jenneyrebecca's review against another edition
I really wanted this book because I love the often-quoted poem by Tagore that begins, "It is for the union of you and me that there is light in the sky.." However, I hated the poems in this book. The language was not flowing, every single one was about "You," (God), and I just didn't find that they had universal appeal. I would love to know where the above poem is published.
l2intj's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Strikingly beautiful poetry in the mystic tradition:
"Do not turn away Your face from my heart's dark secrets, but burn them till they are alight with Your fire."
"Do not turn away Your face from my heart's dark secrets, but burn them till they are alight with Your fire."
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