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HERI, CRAS, HODIE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHINES THE LAST AGE, THE NEXT WITH HOPE IS SEEN
Last Line: O FRIENDLESS PRESENT! THAN THY BOSOM HOLDS.
Shines the last age, the next with hope is seen,
To-day slinks poorly off unmarked between:
Future or Past no richer secret folds,
O friendless Present! than thy bosom holds.



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