Ralph Waldo Emerson: Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made f

Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Te — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for Being.

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