Poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Eros

The sense of the world is short, -
Long and various the report, -
To love and be beloved;
Men and gods have not outlearned it;
And, how oft soe'er they've turned it,
'Tis not to be improved.

1. To Rhea
2. To J.W.
3. Mithridates
4. Uriel
5. The Problem

Robert Bridges Eros ("Why hast thou nothing in thy face?")

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