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In a poem in this collection, a speaker who is done “sailing from harbor to harbor” in a “weather-beaten boat” decides to dive into the “ocean of forms” in search of “the perfect pearl of the formless.” Another poem in this collection describes “death-dealing waves” after contrasting “pearl fishers” who “dive for pearls” with figures who “gather pebbles and scatter them again” while “on the seashore of endless worlds.” A (10[1])poem in this (10[1])collection prays to “my Father” to “let my country awake” (10[1])as a place “where knowledge (10[1])is free” and “the mind is without fear.” An introduction by W. B. Yeats prefaces this collection, which opens with a poem whose speaker claims that “Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure.” For 10 points, name this Bengali poetry collection by Rabindranath Tagore. (10[2])■END■ (0[2])

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