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add "Brahma"
These were both in his famous essay, "Self Reliance."
These were both in his famous essay, "Self Reliance."
Emerson's poem "Brahma" is also well-known:
<blockquote>
If the red slayer think he slays,<br />
Or if the slain think he is slain,<br />
They know not well the subtle ways<br />
I keep, and pass, and turn again.<br />
Far or forgot to me is near;<br />
Shadow and sunlight are the same;<br />
The vanished gods to me appear;<br />
And one to me are shame and fame.<br />
They reckon ill who leave me out;<br />
When me they fly, I am the wings;<br />
I am the doubter and the doubt,<br />
I am the hymn the Brahmin sings.<br />
The strong gods pine for my abode,<br />
And pine in vain the sacred Seven;<br />
But thou, meek lover of the good!<br />
Find me, and turn thy back on heaven.
</blockquote>
== See also ==
== See also ==