Heri Cras Hodie

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Heri Cras Hodie by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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. 

Form: Heroic Couplet Comments

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