The Mind
Memory
The Mind
Night-dreams trace on Memory's wall
Shadows of the thoughts of day,
And thy fortunes, as they fall,
The bias of the will betray.
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MLA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Memory.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/135/.
Chicago
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Memory.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/135/.
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