The Works, vol. 06 (The Conduct of Life) by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Works, vol. 06 (The Conduct of Life) by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Liberty Fund, Inc.
Published: 2010-09-07T23:00:00+00:00


V.

BEHAVIOR.

Grace, Beauty, and Caprice,

Build this golden portal,

Graceful women, chosen men

Dazzle every mortal:

Their sweet and lofty countenance

His enchanting food;

He need not go to them, their forms

Beset his solitude.

He looketh seldom in their face,

His eyes explore the ground,

The green grass is a looking-glass

Whereon their traits are found.

Little he says to them,

So dances his heart in his breast,

Their tranquil mien bereaveth him

Of wit, of words, of rest.

Too weak to win, too fond to shun

The tyrants or his doom,

The much deceived Endymion

Slips behind a tomb.



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