Death & Dying

Love And Thought

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803–1882

Death & Dying

Two well-assorted travellers use
The highway, Eros and the Muse.
From the twins is nothing hidden,
To the pair is nought forbidden;
Hand in hand the comrades go
Every nook of Nature through:
Each for other they were born,
Each can other best adorn;
They know one only mortal grief
Past all balsam or relief;
When, by false companions crossed,
The pilgrims have each other lost.

MLA

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Love And Thought.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/65/.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Love And Thought.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/65/.

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