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The Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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From Omar Khayyam

Each spot where tulips prank their state
Has drunk the life-blood of the great;
The violets yon field which stain
Are moles of beauties Time hath slain.

Unbar the door, since thou the Opener art,
     Show me the forward way, since thou art guide,
     I put no faith in pilot or in chart,
     Since they are transient, and thou dost abide.

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