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I fix my appetite on a food that I like for atleast two weeks. Similarly, I searched for a good poem after my last blog on Tagore's.

I came across an interesting poem by Swami Vivekananda, who delivered a moving speech in the Chicago congress of religions on Sep11th 1893.

This is a poem titled "To the fourth of July" , I love the below metaphor in the poem.

The lakes are opening wide in love
Their hundred thousand lotus-eyes
To welcome thee, with all their depth.

Interestingly, I learnt from the website poetseers.org that Vivekanada left his body on the 4th of July 1902. On the 4th of July 1898, when he was travelling with some American disciples in Kashmir he prepared this poem.

The whole poem can be read at http://www.poetseers.org

Thanks to them for this online version of the poetry.Thanks to Vivekananda for the lovely poem.

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