Poems On Love Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward… - Rabindranath Tagore

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Poems On Love

Love adorns itself;
it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty.

Love does not claim possession,
but gives freedom.

Love is an endless mystery,
for it has nothing else to explain it.

Love's gift cannot be given,
it waits to be accepted.

Rabindranath Tagore

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About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known as Rabi Thakur, was a Bengali philosopher, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.

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Pen Names: ভানুসিংহ

Native Name: রবীন্দ্রনাথ

Alternative Names: Rabīndranātha Thākur • Kabiguru • Tagore • Bishwakabi • R. Tagore • Rabindranat Tagor • Bhanu Singha Thakur • Gurudev • Biswakabi • Nyi Wang Gönpo • Tagore, rabindranath • Ravindranath Thakur

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