A Tree

A poem by Sri Aurobindo

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 poem  Circa 1900-1906  Pub: 'Ahana and other Poems (1915)'

A Tree

A tree beside the sandy river-beach
    Holds up its topmost boughs
Like fingers towards the skies they cannot reach,
    Earth-bound, heaven-amorous.

This is the soul of man. Body and brain
Hungry for earth our heavenly flight detain.



Part III : Baroda and Bengal (Circa 1900-1909) > Poems from Ahana and Other Poems   



NOTES FROM EDITOR

Circa 1900-1906.





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