Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath
74 <br class="br"> The Gardener http://www.spiritualbee.com/love-poems-by-tagore/ (1915)
“A blade of grass is the journeywork of the stars”
— Walt Whitman, book Fulles d'herba
Variant: I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
Source: Leaves of Grass
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