Religion

Written In A Volume Of Goethe

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803–1882

Religion

Six thankful weeks,--and let it be
A meter of prosperity,--
In my coat I bore this book,
And seldom therein could I look,
For I had too much to think,
Heaven and earth to eat and drink.
Is he hapless who can spare
In his plenty things so rare?

MLA

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Written In A Volume Of Goethe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/180/.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Written In A Volume Of Goethe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/180/.

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