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DELAY by HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Poet Analysis

First Line: NO GENEROUS ACTION CAN DELAY
Last Line: IT WILL AROUSE OUR SIGHT AND NERVE OUR FRAMES.

Delay

No generous action can delay
Or thwart our higher, steadier aims,
But if sincere and true are they,
It will arouse our sight and nerve our frames.



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