Gitanjali (song offerings) vs Poetical works of Robert Bridges: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Gitanjali (song offerings) Gitanjali (song offerings) Rabindranath Tagore · 1910 ★★★★☆ 4.2 53 pages · ≈ 59 min · Demanding

Verse rendering in Sanskrit with English translation.

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Cover of Poetical works of Robert Bridges Poetical works of Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges · 1898 ★★★★☆ 3.8 484 pages · ≈ 8 h 58 m · Demanding

Each section preceded by a bibliographical note. Second edition. Prometheus the firegiver, a mask in the Greek manner.--Demeter, a mask.--Eros and psyche.--The growth of love.--Shorter poems, --New poems, --Later…

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Goodreads — 3.7 (21)
Hardcover 4.2 (19) —
Apple Books 4.5 (42) —

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Gitanjali (song offerings)Poetical works of Robert Bridges
Ratings 42 21
Editions 217 70
Want to read — 102
Reading it now — 8
Written reviews — 21
Pages 53 484

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