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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” (10[1])while “on the seashore of endless (10[1])worlds.” A poem in this (10[1])collection prays to “my Father” to “let my country awake” (10[1])as a (10[1])place “where knowledge is free” and “the mind is without (10[1])fear.” (10[1])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 (10[1])Tagore. (10[1])■END■

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