Rabindranath Tagore

The Child Angel

The Child Angel - meaning Summary

Innocence as Moral Light

This poem addresses a 'child' figure as a moral and spiritual presence whose purity and gentle gaze can soften cruelty and awaken love among hardened people. It urges the child to stand bravely amid cruelty, radiate steady light, and reveal "the meaning of all things" through compassion. The final stanzas frame daily openness and evening silence as a humble rite of belonging to a limitless, spiritual whole.

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Let your life come amongst them like a flame of light, my child, unflickering and pure, and delight them into silence. They are cruel in their greed and their envy, their words are like hidden knives thirsting for blood. Go and stand amidst their scowling hearts, my child, and let your gentle eyes fall upon them like the forgiving peace of the evening over the strife of the day. Let them see your face, my child, and thus know the meaning of all things, let them love you and love each other. Come and take your seat in the bosom of the limitless, my child. At sunrise open and raise your heart like a blossoming flower, and at sunset bend your head and in silence complete the worship of the day.

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