May-Day - and Other Pieces by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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page 112 of 121 (92%)
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Unmeasured still my Shakspeare sits,
Lone as the blessed Jew. HAFIZ. Her passions the shy violet From Hafiz never hides; Love-longings of the raptured bird The bird to him confides. NATURE IN LEASTS. As sings the pine-tree in the wind, So sings in the wind a sprig of the pine; Her strength and soul has laughing France Shed in each drop of wine. [GREEK TITLE]. 'A new commandment,' said the smiling Muse, 'I give my darling son, Thou shalt not preach;'-- |
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