Ralph Waldo Emerson Character Poems
- 1. Fragments On The Poet And The Poetic Gift
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There are beggars in Iran and Araby,
SAID was hungrier than all;
... - 2. Xenophanes
By fate, not option, frugal Nature gave
One scent to hyson and to wall-flower,
One sound to pine-groves and to waterfalls,
One aspect to the desert and the lake.
... - 3. Character
The sun set, but set not his hope:
Stars rose; his faith was earlier up:
Fixed on the enormous galaxy,
Deeper and older seemed his eye;
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