The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Printed at the Riverside Press, 1904 |
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... heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles ; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowlèd churchman be . Why should the vest on him allure , Which I could not on me endure ? Not from a vain or shallow ...
... heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles ; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowlèd churchman be . Why should the vest on him allure , Which I could not on me endure ? Not from a vain or shallow ...
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... heart through chanting choirs , And through the priest the mind inspires . The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told , In groves of oak , or fanes of gold , Still floats upon the ...
... heart through chanting choirs , And through the priest the mind inspires . The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told , In groves of oak , or fanes of gold , Still floats upon the ...
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... heart has burned ; If thy love is unreturned ; Hide thy grief within thy breast , Though it tear thee unexpressed ; For when love has once departed From the eyes of the false - hearted , And one by one has torn off quite The bandages of ...
... heart has burned ; If thy love is unreturned ; Hide thy grief within thy breast , Though it tear thee unexpressed ; For when love has once departed From the eyes of the false - hearted , And one by one has torn off quite The bandages of ...
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... heart knows , Profuse in love , the king bestows , Saying , Hearken ! Earth , Sea , Air ! This monument of my despair Build I to the All - Good , All - Fair . Not for a private good , But I , from my beatitude , Albeit scorned as none ...
... heart knows , Profuse in love , the king bestows , Saying , Hearken ! Earth , Sea , Air ! This monument of my despair Build I to the All - Good , All - Fair . Not for a private good , But I , from my beatitude , Albeit scorned as none ...
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... this throbbing heart , And we are never old ; Over the winter glaciers I see the summer glow , And through the wild - piled snow - drift The warm rosebuds below . THE SPHINX THE Sphinx is drowsy , Her wings are THE WORLD - SOUL 19.
... this throbbing heart , And we are never old ; Over the winter glaciers I see the summer glow , And through the wild - piled snow - drift The warm rosebuds below . THE SPHINX THE Sphinx is drowsy , Her wings are THE WORLD - SOUL 19.
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