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Fragments On Nature And Life - Transition

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

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See yonder leafless trees against the sky,     How they diffuse themselves into the air,     And, ever subdividing, separate     Limbs into branches, branches into twigs.     As if they loved the element, and hasted     To dissipate their being into it.     Parks and ponds are good by day;     I do not delight     In black acres of the night,     Nor my unseasoned step disturbs     The sleeps of trees or dreams of herbs.     In Walden wood the chickadee     Runs round the pine and maple tree     Intent on insect slaughter:     O tufted entomologist!     Devour as many as you list,     Then drink in Walden water.     The low December vault in June be lifted high,     And largest clouds be flakes of down in that enormous sky.

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About Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement. His poems—including "Brahma," "The Rhodora," and "Concord Hymn"—explore nature, self-reliance, and the oversoul.

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