Love
Prudence
Love
Theme no poet gladly sung,
Fair to old and foul to young;
Scorn not thou the love of parts,
And the articles of arts.
Grandeur of the perfect sphere
Thanks the atoms that cohere.
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MLA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Prudence.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/106/.
Chicago
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Prudence.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/106/.
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