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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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