Poems - Household Edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson
page 279 of 409 (68%)
page 279 of 409 (68%)
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The perfect Adam lives.
Not less are summer mornings dear To every child they wake, And each with novel life his sphere Fills for his proper sake. CARITAS In the suburb, in the town, On the railway, in the square, Came a beam of goodness down Doubling daylight everywhere: Peace now each for malice takes, Beauty for his sinful weeds, For the angel Hope aye makes Him an angel whom she leads. POWER His tongue was framed to music, And his hand was armed with skill; His face was the mould of beauty, And his heart the throne of will. |
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