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



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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





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