 In stings of remorse. Have I a lover Who is noble and free ? — I would he were nobler Than to love me. " Eterne alternation Now follows, now flies ; And under pain, pleasure, — Under pleasure, pain lies. ;/ *••< Love works at the centre, Heart-heaving...  Poems - Page 12by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
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...angels, Their shame them restores Am! the joy that is sweetest Lurks in stings of remorse. Have I a lover Who is noble and free, — I would he were nobler...Under pleasure, pain lies. Love works at the centre Heart heaving alway, Forth speed the strong pulses To the borders of day. " Dull Sphinx, Jove keep... | |
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...at such night thoughts as " Forgive his faults, forgive his virtues too." Or, " Have I a lover — who is noble and free, I would he were nobler — than to love me." Siegfried shows that he was educated at the forge and bathed in the dragon's blood. His triumphant... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - 1843 - 560 pages
...at such night thoughts as " Forgive his faults, forgive his virtues too." Or, " Have I a lover — who is noble and free, I would he were nobler — than to love me." Siegfried shows that he was educated at the forge and bathed in the dragon's blood. His triumphant... | |
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...heavens that now draw him With sweetness untold, Once found, — for new heavens He spurneth the old." " Eterne alternation Now follows, now flies, And under...Under pleasure, pain lies. Love works at the centre Heart heaving alway, Forth speed the strong pulses To the borders of day." Mr. Emerson's poetry is... | |
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...Their shame them restores, And the joy that is sweetest Lurks in stings of remorse. Have I a lover Who is noble and free,— I would he were nobler Than...speed the strong pulses To the borders of day. Dull Sphynx, Jove keep thy five wits ! Thy sight is growing blear, Rue, myrrh, and cummin for the Sphynx,... | |
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...Now follows, rtawßiee ; And under pain, pleasure, — Under pleasure, pain lies. Love works at Ihe centre, Heart-heaving alway ; Forth speed the strong...borders of day. " Dull Sphinx, Jove keep thy five wits !" Amen ! We will quote no farther here, lest we should entirely lose ours. An "alternation," that... | |
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...vices, the same crimes, the same misery and wretchedness, — endless motion, and yet no advance. " Eterne alternation, now follows, now flies, And under pain, pleasure, — under pleasure pain lies." What more sad and gloomy ? In our very virtues lie and germinate the seeds of our vices ; and what... | |
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