Nature
Power (2)
Nature
Cast the bantling on the rocks,
Suckle him with the she-wolf's teat,
Wintered with the hawk and fox,
Power and speed be hands and feet.
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MLA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Power (2).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/132/.
Chicago
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Power (2).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/132/.
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