The smile that flickers on a baby’s lips when he sleeps- does anyone know where it was born? Yes, there is a rumor that a young pale beam of a crescent moon touched the edge of a vanishing autumn cloud, and there the smile was first born in the dream of a dew-washed morning.
Rabindranath TagoreAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet, Composer, Writer
- Nationality: indian
- Born: May 6, 1861
- Died: August 7, 1941
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