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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SACRIFICE, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though love repine, and reason chafe Last Line: When for the truth he ought to die.' Variant Title(s): The Safest Way Subject(s): Courage; Religion; Valor; Bravery; Theology | |||
Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, -- ''T is man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die.' | 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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