Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EXCELSIOR, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON


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First Line: Over his head were the maple buds
Last Line: That drop from the angel's shoon.


Over his head were the maple buds,
And over the tree was the moon,
And over the moon were the starry studs,
That drop from the angel's shoon.





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