Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.
In plain words
Old memories can drift back not to sadden you, but to make the day prettier.
Where these words come from
- 88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Stray Birds (1916), verse 292 — Tagore's own English; the stored wording matches the Project Gutenberg text word for word
- 1916
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