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[Manuscript] "The Nun's Aspiration" / [Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mary Moody Emerson].
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But oh! these waves and leaves, | But oh! these waves and leaves, | ||
| − | When | + | When haply stoic Nature grieves, - |
| − | No human speech | + | No human speech to beautiful |
| − | as their murmurs | + | as their murmurs mine to lull. |
On this altar God hath built | On this altar God hath built | ||
I lay my vanity and guilt; | I lay my vanity and guilt; | ||
Nor me can Hope or [undecipherable] urge | Nor me can Hope or [undecipherable] urge | ||
| − | Hearing as now the | + | Hearing as now the lofty dirge |
Which [undecipherable] of Northern mountains hymn | Which [undecipherable] of Northern mountains hymn | ||
Nature's funeral, high and dim, - | Nature's funeral, high and dim, - | ||
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But oh! these waves and leaves, When haply stoic Nature grieves, - No human speech to beautiful as their murmurs mine to lull. On this altar God hath built I lay my vanity and guilt; Nor me can Hope or [undecipherable] urge Hearing as now the lofty dirge Which [undecipherable] of Northern mountains hymn Nature's funeral, high and dim, - [undecipherable] able pageantry of clouds, Mourning Summer laid in Shrouds.
Many a day Shall dawn and die, Many an angel wander by, And helping, light my [undecipherable] turf. [undecipherable] perhaps by Ocean Surf, Forgotten amid splendid Tombs, Yet wreathed and hid by Summer blooms.