Brahma
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 to 1882
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If the red slayer think he slays,
Or if ______ slain think he is slain,
They know not well ______ subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again.
______ or forgot to me is near;
Shadow and sunlight ______ the same;
The vanished gods to me appear;
And ______ to me are shame and fame.
They reckon ill ______ leave me out;
When me they fly, I am ______ wings;
I am the doubter and the doubt,
And ______ the hymn the Brahmin sings.
The strong gods pine ______ my abode,
And pine in vain the sacred Seven;
______ thou, meek lover of the good!
Find me, and ______ thy back on heaven.