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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BRAHMA, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If the red slayer think he slays Last Line: Find me, and turn thy back on heaven. Subject(s): Brahma; God; Religion; Theology | |||
IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fIy, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings. The strong gods pine for my abode, And pine in vain the sacred Seven; But thou, meek lover of the good! Find me, and turn thy back on heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY |
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