Brink Of Eternity, Rabindranath Tagore: Summary & Analysis
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"Brink Of Eternity" by Rabindranath Tagore is a poignant and introspective poem that explores themes of longing, loss, and the search for meaning and connection. The poem delves into the speaker's desperate search for something or someone, symbolized by the pronoun "her," and their realization of the limitations of the physical world. The poem conveys the idea that true fulfillment and meaning lie beyond the material realm, in a deeper connection with the divine or the infinite. "Brink Of Eternity" by Rabindranath Tagore
In desperate hope I go and search for her
in all the corners of my room;
I find her not.
My house is small
and what once has gone from it can never be regained.
But infinite is thy mansion, my lord,
and seeking her I have to come to thy door.
I stand under the golden canopy of thine evening sky
and I lift my eager eyes to thy face.
I have come to the brink of eternity from which nothing can vanish
---no hope, no happiness, no vision of…