Love
Sacrifice
Love
Though love repine, and reason chafe,
There came a voice without reply,--
''T is man's perdition to be safe,
When for the truth he ought to die.'
Cite this poem
MLA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Sacrifice.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/137/.
Chicago
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Sacrifice.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/137/.
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