| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (18381915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson. 18031882 |
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| 46. Heri, Cras, Hodie |
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| SHINES the last age, the next with hope is seen, | |
| To-day slinks poorly off unmarked between: | |
| Future or Past no richer secret folds, | |
| O friendless Present! than thy bosom holds. | |
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