Gitanjali-- a classic work of more than hundred poems which earned the author, Rabindranath Tagore, Noble Prize for literature in 1913, is full of lyrical charm and produces spiritual emotionlism in readers. Afterall it was the work of a poet, a painter, a novelist, and above all a philosopher who was fortunate enough to live near mother earth. The poems written give a clear message about the author being nearer to the spirit. He toured round the globe as the country's spiritual ambassador. The renowned poet wrote originally his verses in Bengali and later on translated them into English which brought wide acclaim from the leading English poets. W.B Yeats, the front-ranking English poet, wrote about Tagore." He wrote much of natural objects... He is as great in music as in poetry and his songs are sung from the west of India into Burma... His hymns are an inspiration for mankind....he is first among Saints..."