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INSPIRATION (4) by HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF THOU WILT BUT STAND BY MY EAR
Last Line: BUT THE SAME POWER WILL ABET MY TONGUE.
Subject(s): CREATIVE ABILITY; INSPIRATION; CREATIVITY;

If thou wilt but stand by my ear,
When through the field thy anthem's rung,
When that is done I will not fear
But the same power will abet my tongue.



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