Gitanjali / Rabindranath Tagore

Title: Gitanjali

Author: Rabindranath Tagore

Subject: Poems; Bengali Poetry; Literature; Noble Prize

An introduction by W. B. YEATS to WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN

INTRODUCTION
A few days ago I said to a distinguished Bengali doctor of medicine, 'I know no German, yet if a translation of a German poet had moved me,

The Spirit of Japan / Rabindranath Tagore

I am glad to have this opportunity once more of speaking to you before I leave Japan. My stay here has been so short that one may think I have not earned my right to speak to you about anything concerning your country. I feel sure that I shall be told, that I am idealising certain aspects, while leaving others unnoticed, and that there are chances of my disillusionment, if I remain here for long. For I have known foreigners, whose long experience has made them doubtful about your moral qualifications,—even of your full efficiency in modern equipments of progress.