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LOVE AND THOUGHT by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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First Line: TWO WELL-ASSORTED TRAVELLERS USE
Last Line: THE PILGRIMS HAVE EACH OTHER LOST.
Two well-assorted travellers use
The highway, Eros and the Muse.
From the twins is nothing hidden,
To the pair is naught forbidden;
Hand in hand the comrades go
Every nook of nature through:
Each for other they were born,
Each can other best adorn;
They know one only mortal grief
Past all balsam or relief,
When, by false companions crossed,
The pilgrims have each other lost.



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