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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson. (1803–1882) (continued)
 
6250
    What potent blood hath modest May!
          May-Day.
6251
    And striving to be man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.
          May-Day.
6252
    And every man, in love or pride,
Of his fate is ever wide.
          Nemesis.
6253
    None shall rule but the humble,
  And none but Toil shall have.
          Boston Hymn. 1863.
6254
    Oh, tenderly the haughty day
  Fills his blue urn with fire.
          Ode, Concord, July 4, 1857.
6255
    Go put your creed into your deed,
  Nor speak with double tongue.
          Ode, Concord, July 4, 1857.
6256
    So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
  So near is God to man,
When Duty whispers low, Thou must,
  The youth replies, I can!
          Voluntaries.
6257
    Whoever fights, whoever falls,
  Justice conquers evermore.
          Voluntaries.
6258
    Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare’s wit.
          Solution.
6259
    Born for success he seemed,
With grace to win, with heart to hold,
With shining gifts that took all eyes.
          In Memoriam.
6260
    Nor mourn the unalterable Days
That Genius goes and Folly stays.
          In Memoriam.
6261
    Fear not, then, thou child infirm;
There’s no god dare wrong a worm.
          Compensation.
6262
    He thought it happier to be dead,
To die for Beauty, than live for bread.
          Beauty.
6263
    Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill?
Pay every debt, as if God wrote the bill!
          Suum Cuique.