The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Printed at the Riverside Press, 1904 |
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... cloud ; Whether doomed to long gyration In the sea of generation , Or by knowledge grown too bright To hit the nerve of feebler sight.2 Straightway , a forgetting wind Stole over the celestial kind , And their lips the secret kept , If ...
... cloud ; Whether doomed to long gyration In the sea of generation , Or by knowledge grown too bright To hit the nerve of feebler sight.2 Straightway , a forgetting wind Stole over the celestial kind , And their lips the secret kept , If ...
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... clouds draw down ; The crimson morning flames into The fopperies of the town . Within , without the idle earth , Stars weave eternal rings ; The sun himself shines heartily , And shares the joy he brings . And what if Trade sow cities ...
... clouds draw down ; The crimson morning flames into The fopperies of the town . Within , without the idle earth , Stars weave eternal rings ; The sun himself shines heartily , And shares the joy he brings . And what if Trade sow cities ...
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... ; Glide its hours uncounted , The sun is its toy ; Shines the peace of all being , Without cloud , in its eyes ; And the sum of the world In soft miniature lies . " But man crouches and blushes , Absconds and conceals THE SPHINX 21 23.
... ; Glide its hours uncounted , The sun is its toy ; Shines the peace of all being , Without cloud , in its eyes ; And the sum of the world In soft miniature lies . " But man crouches and blushes , Absconds and conceals THE SPHINX 21 23.
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... crouched no more in stone ; She melted into purple cloud , She silvered in the moon ; She spired into a yellow flame ; She flowered in blossoms red ; She flowed into a foaming wave : She stood Monadnoc's 24 THE SPHINX.
... crouched no more in stone ; She melted into purple cloud , She silvered in the moon ; She spired into a yellow flame ; She flowered in blossoms red ; She flowed into a foaming wave : She stood Monadnoc's 24 THE SPHINX.
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... cloud ! Hither ! take me , use me , fill me , Vein and artery , though ye kill me ! ' TO J. W. SET not thy foot on graves ; Hear what wine and roses say ; The mountain chase , the summer waves , The crowded town , thy feet may well ...
... cloud ! Hither ! take me , use me , fill me , Vein and artery , though ye kill me ! ' TO J. W. SET not thy foot on graves ; Hear what wine and roses say ; The mountain chase , the summer waves , The crowded town , thy feet may well ...
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