Ralph Waldo Emerson: If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know n — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again.

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