Ralph Waldo Emerson: Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose that I could see — not to eat, not for love, but only gliding.

Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose that I could see — not t — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose that I could see — not to eat, not for love, but only gliding.

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