Brahma

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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1803 to 1882

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

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