Living

Circles

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803–1882

Living

Nature centres into balls,
And her proud ephemerals,
Fast to surface and outside,
Scan the profile of the sphere;
Knew they what that signified,
A new genesis were here.

MLA

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Circles.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/109/.

Chicago

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Circles.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/109/.

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