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1803–1882

LOVE AND THOUGHT.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Two well-assorted travellers use The highway, Eros and the Muse. From the twins is nothing hidden, To the pair is naught forbidden;

Hand in hand the comrades go Every nook of nature through: Each for other they were born, Each can other best adorn;

They know one only mortal grief Past all balsam or relief, When, by false companions crossed, The pilgrims have each other lost.

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