Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMPENSATION (2), by RALPH WALDO EMERSON



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First Line: Why should I keep holiday
Last Line: And now their hour is come.


Why should I keep holiday
When other men have none?
Why but because, when these are gay,
I sit and mourn alone?

And why, when mirth unseals all tongues,
Should mine alone be dumb?
Ah! late I spoke to silent throngs,
And now their hour is come.





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