Arts & Sciences
Adakryn Nemontai Aiona
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Arts & Sciences
'A New commandment,' said the smiling Muse,
'I give my darling son, Thou shalt not preach';--
Luther, Fox, Behmen, Swedenborg, grew pale,
And, on the instant, rosier clouds upbore
Hafiz and Shakspeare with their shining choirs.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Adakryn Nemontai Aiona.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/207/.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Adakryn Nemontai Aiona.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/207/.
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