Carpenter – On the day when death will knock at thy door

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Title: On the day when death will knock at thy door from Gitanjali

Music: John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)

Text: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

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On the day when death will knock at thy door, what wilt thou offer to him?

Oh, I will set before my guest the full vessel of my life; I will never let him go with empty hands.

All the sweet vintage of all my autumn days and summer nights, all the earnings and gleanings of my busy life, will I place before him at the close of my days when death will knock at my door.

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