Nature
Poet (4)
Nature
Suns and stars their courses keep,
But not angels of the deep:
Day and night their turn observe,
But the day of day may swerve.
Is there warrant that the waves
Of thought in their mysterious caves
Will heap in me their highest tide,
In me therewith beatified?
Unsure the ebb and flood of thought,
The moon comes back,--the Spirit not.
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MLA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Poet (4).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/147/.
Chicago
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Poet (4).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/147/.
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