Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. <strong>The Gardener</strong> isa book of prose. These early writings are lyrics about love and ... » 

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. The Gardener isa book of prose. These early writings are lyrics about love and life. One versereads as follows. When she passed by me with quick steps the end of her skirttouched me. From the unknown island of a heart came a sudden warm breath ofspring. A flutter of a flitting touch brushed me and vanished in a moment likea torn flower petal blown in the breeze. It fell upon my heart like a sigh ofher body and whisper of her heart. «