Tagores Poem

I dont know why, but sometimes out of sudden I start reciting the Rabindranath Tagore's poem " Where the mind is without fear " I dont understand what is that inspiration or energy that I derive from this poem that captivates me. I just know that this poem makes me happy. Thats all. I was introduced to this poem in my school in english lessons. I did not learn this at that time. However now I know .... :-)


Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.
Where knowledge is free.
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls.
Where words come out from the depth of truth.
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection.
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit.
Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening thought and action.
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

-- Rabindranath Tagore