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Poems
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
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I POEMS
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II MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES
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III ELEMENTS AND MOTTOES
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IV QUATRAINS AND TRANSLATIONS
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V APPENDIX
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VI POEMS OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD 1823–1834
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[If curses be the wage of love]
If
curses be the wage of love,
Hide in thy skies, thou fruitless Jove,
Not to be named:
It is clear
Why the gods will not appear;
They are ashamed.
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