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The greener the garden, the brighter burns my heart!

— Puran Singh The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel (1921)

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The Holy One, Lord of All, is in the Saint as fragrance is in the rose-leaves.

The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel (1921)

How lovely are the gentle ways of unlettered maidens!

The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel (1921)

O Châtrik! Lover of the cloud-clad skies, a thirst, a longing for the nectar drop!
Thou hast the soul of a disciple that pants for Hari Nâm!

The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel (1921)

Koel! what lightning fell? what singed thy wings?
What keeps thee fresh, yet charred?

The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel (1921)

The saint said:—"The heart of the Punjab girl is the convent where worship of the son of Man is taught.
The heart of woman is the Temple where Man is enshrined as God,
The Punjab is great for the love of Man more than for the love of God."

The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel (1921)

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