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EROS (2) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THEY PUT THEIR FINGER ON THEIR LIP
Last Line: THEY LOVE BUT NAME NOT LOVE.
Subject(s): LOVE; SILENCE;

They put their finger on their lip, --
The Powers above;
The seas their islands clip,
The moons in Ocean dip, --
They love but name not love.



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