Living

Insight

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803–1882

Living

Power that by obedience grows,
Knowledge which its source not knows,
Wave which severs whom it bears
From the things which he compares,
Adding wings through things to range,
To his own blood harsh and strange.

MLA

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Insight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/166/.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Insight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/166/.

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