The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.
— Rabindranath Tagore Modern

Indian poet, Nobel laureate

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From his collection 'Fireflies'

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1928

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6529/6529-h/6529-h.htm

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