May-Day - and Other Pieces by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Hast not thy share? On winged feet,
Lo! it rushes thee to meet; And all that Nature made thy own, Floating in air or pent in stone, Will rive the hills and swim the sea, And, like thy shadow, follow thee. POLITICS. Gold and iron are good To buy iron and gold; All earth's fleece and food For their like are sold. Hinted Merlin wise, Proved Napoleon great, Nor kind nor coinage buys Aught above its rate. Fear, Craft, and Avarice Cannot rear a State. Out of dust to build What is more than dust,-- Walls Amphion piled Phoebus stablish must. When the Muses nine When the Virtues meet, Find to their design An Atlantic seat, |
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