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the park. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 9 (Poems) [1909]

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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. Fireside Edition (Boston and New York, 1909).

Part of: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. (Fireside Edition).

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    • The prosperous and beautiful
    • To me seem not to wear
    • The yoke of conscience masterful,
    • Which galls me everywhere.
    • I cannot shake off the god;
    • On my neck he makes his seat;
    • I look at my face in the glass,—
    • My eyes his eyeballs meet.
    • Enchanters! enchantresses!
    • Your gold makes you seem wise;
    • The morning mist within your grounds
    • More proudly rolls, more softly lies.
    • Yet spake yon purple mountain,
    • Yet said yon ancient wood,
    • That Night or Day, that Love or Crime,
    • Leads all souls to the Good.