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ON LOVE: RALPH WALDO EMERSON by EDWARD HIRSCH

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET'S DEVOUR THE BLESSED APPLE OF LOVE
Last Line: COME LIE DOWN WITH ME AND DEVOUR THE WORLD
Subject(s): EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882); LOVE;
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