Ralph Waldo Emerson - Heroism

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Heroism

Ruby wine is drunk by knaves, br Sugar spends to fatten slaves, br Rose and vine-leaf deck buffoons; br Thunder-clouds are Jove's festoons, br Drooping oft in wreaths of dread, br Lightning-knotted round his head; br The hero is not fed on sweets, br Daily his own heart he eats; br Chambers of the great are jails, br And head-winds right for royal sails.


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