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George Willis Cooke, comp. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology. 1903.

The Straight Road

Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848)

BEAUTY may be the path to highest good,

And some successfully have it pursued.

Thou, who wouldst follow, be well warned to see

That way prove not a curvèd road to thee.

The straightest path perhaps which may be sought,

Lies through the great highway men call “I ought.”