Poems - Household Edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson
page 277 of 409 (67%)
page 277 of 409 (67%)
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Spirit that lurks each form within
Beckons to spirit of its kin; Self-kindled every atom glows And hints the future which it owes. THE INFORMING SPIRIT I There is no great and no small To the Soul that maketh all: And where it cometh, all things are; And it cometh everywhere. II I am owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, Of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakspeare's strain. CIRCLES Nature centres into balls, And her proud ephemerals, Fast to surface and outside, |
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