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pan. - 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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    • O what are heroes, prophets, men,
    • But pipes through which the breath of Pan doth blow
    • A momentary music. Being's tide
    • Swells hitherward, and myriads of forms
    • Live, robed with beauty, painted by the sun;
    • Their dust, pervaded by the nerves of God,
    • Throbs with an overmastering energy
    • Knowing and doing. Ebbs the tide, they lie
    • White hollow shells upon the desert shore.
    • But not the less the eternal wave rolls on
    • To animate new millions, and exhale
    • Races and planets, its enchanted foam.