Death & Dying
Unity
Death & Dying
Space is ample, east and west,
But two cannot go abreast,
Cannot travel in it two:
Yonder masterful cuckoo
Crowds every egg out of the nest,
Quick or dead, except its own;
A spell is laid on sod and stone,
Night and Day were tampered with,
Every quality and pith
Surcharged and sultry with a power
That works its will on age and hour.
Cite this poem
MLA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Unity.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/104/.
Chicago
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Unity.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/104/.
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