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


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First Line: The bard & mystic held me for their own
Last Line: The honor done to me as done to them.


The bard & mystic held me for their own
I filled the dream of sad poetic maids
I took the friendly noble by the hand
I was the trustee of the handcartman
The brother of the fisher, porter, swain, --
And these from the crowd's edge well pleased beheld
The honor done to me as done to them.





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