Arts & Sciences
Emerson
From Poems (1914)
Arts & Sciences
Memnon the Yankee! bare to every star,
But silent till one vibrant shaft of light
Strikes; then a voice thrilling, oracular,
And clear harmonies through the infinite.
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Dowden, Edward. “Emerson.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/145/.
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Dowden, Edward. “Emerson.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/145/.
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