Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RUBIES, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON


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First Line: They brought me rubies from the mine
Last Line: When shall that sun arise?


They brought me rubies from the mine,
And held them to the sun;
I said, they are drops of frozen wine
From Eden's vats that run.

I looked again, -- I thought them hearts
Of friends to friends unknown;
Tides that should warm each neighboring life
Are locked in sparkling stone.

But fire to thaw that ruddy snow,
To break enchanted ice,
And give love's scarlet tides to flow, --
When shall that sun arise?





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