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rubies. - 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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rubies.

    • 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?