<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=480056" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Gardener XLIV: Reverend Sir, Forgive</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Reverend sir, forgive this pair of<br>sinners. Spring winds to-day are <br>blowing in wild eddies, driving dust<br>and dead leaves away, and with them <br>your lessons are all lost.<br> Do not say, father, that life is a <br>vanity.<br> For we have made truce with death<br>for once, and only for a few fragrant<br>hours we two have been made immortal.<br> Even if the king's army came and<br>fiercely fell upon us we should sadly<br>shake our heads and say, Brothers,<br>you are disturbing us. If you must<br>have this noisy game, go and clatter <br>your arms elsewhere. Since only for<br>a few fleeting moments we have been<br>made immortal.<br> If friendly people came and flocked<br>around us, we should humbly bow to<br>them and say, This extravagant good<br>fortune is an embarrassment to us.<br>Room is scarce in the infinite sky<br>where we dwell. For in the spring-<br>time flowers come in crowds, and the <br>busy wings of bees jostle each other.<br>Our little heaven, where dwell only <br>we two immortals, is too absurdly<br>narrow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rabindranath+Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=480056" data-title="The Gardener XLIV: Reverend Sir, Forgive de Rabindranath Tagore" data-description="Reverend sir, forgive this pair of sinners. Spring winds to-day are blowing in wild eddies, driving dust and dead leaves away, and with them your lessons are all lost. Do not say, father, that life is a vanity. For we have made truce with dea..."></div> </div> </div>

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