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sursum corda. - 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).

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sursum corda.

    • Seek not the spirit, if it hide
    • Inexorable to thy zeal:
    • Trembler, do not whine and chide:
    • Art thou not also real?
    • Stoop not then to poor excuse;
    • Turn on the accuser roundly; say,
    • ‘Here am I, here will I abide
    • Forever to myself soothfast;
    • Go thou, sweet Heaven, or at thy pleasure stay!’
    • Already Heaven with thee its lot has cast,
    • For only it can absolutely deal.