| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (18381915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson. 18031882 |
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| 47. Sacrifice |
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| THOUGH love repine, and reason chafe, | |
| There came a voice without reply, | |
| "'T is man's perdition to be safe, | |
| When for the truth he ought to die." | |
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