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REX by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE BARD & MYSTIC HELD ME FOR THEIR OWN
Last Line: THE HONOR DONE TO ME AS DONE TO THEM.

The bard & mystic held me for their own
I filled the dream of sad poetic maids
I took the friendly noble by the hand
I was the trustee of the handcartman
The brother of the fisher, porter, swain, --
And these from the crowd's edge well pleased beheld
The honor done to me as done to them.



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