Social Commentaries
Heri, Cras, Hodie
Social Commentaries
Shines the last age, the next with hope is seen,
To-day slinks poorly off unmarked between:
Future or Past no richer secret folds,
O friendless Present! than thy bosom holds.
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MLA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Heri, Cras, Hodie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/134/.
Chicago
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Heri, Cras, Hodie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/134/.
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