Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TERMINUS (2), by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For thought & not praise Last Line: Into substance into law | ||||||||
For thought & not praise; Thought is the wages For which I sell days, Will gladly sell ages, And willing grow old, Deaf, & dumb, & blind, & cold, Melting matter into dreams, Panoramas which I saw And whatever glows or seems Into substance into Law | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOSTON HYMN; READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON DIRGE (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EACH AND [OR, IN] ALL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EROS (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON FABLE: THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON |
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