Religious Poem - In The Night of Weariness by Rabindranath Tagore

 

Religious Poem

In The Night of Weariness

by Rabindranath Tagore 

This is the Gitanjali Poem no. 25. In the poem, Tagore deals with the theme of death and his philosophy that it is not an end but a necessary stage leading to a renewal of life.

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In The Night of Weariness

In the night of weariness let me give myself up to sleep without struggle, resting my trust upon thee.

Let me not force my flagging spirit into a poor preparation for thy worship.

It is thou who drawest the veil of night upon the tired eyes of the day to renew its sight in a fresher gladness of awakening.

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