THE ARTIST is the lover of Nature, therefore he is her slave and her master.

IF I WERE ONLY a little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would you say
'No' to me if I tried to eat from your dish?
Would you drive me off, saying to me, 'Get away, you naughty little puppy?'
Then go, mother, go! I will never come to you when you call me, and never let you feed me any more.
If I were only a little green parrot, and not your baby, mother dear, would you keep me chained lest I should fly away?
Would you shake your finger at me and say, 'What an ungrateful wretch of a bird! It is gnawing at its chain day and night?'
Then, go, mother, go! I will run away into the woods; I will never let you take me in your arms again.

যে লেখা কেবলি রেখা তার বেশি নয়
তারে নিয়ে কেন এ-সঞ্চয়?
সমুদ্রের ফেনা চাও জমা করিবারে
কতদিন রাখিবে তাহারে।
উঞ্ছবৃত্তি কর লয়ে তুচ্ছ কথাগুলি
ভর মিছে অক্ষরের ঝুলি।