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Emerson,
Ralph Waldo
A famous American preacher, philosopher, and poet of the 19th century.. American essayist lecturer and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement
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Forbearance
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Written by:
Ralph Waldo
Emerson
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Hast thou named all the birds without a gun;
Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk;
At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse;
Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust;
And loved so well a high behavior
In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained,
Nobility more nobly to repay?—
O be my friend, and teach me to be thine!
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