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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

Each and All

William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

HEAVEN doth with us as we with torches do,

Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues

Did not go forth of us, ’twere all alike

As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched

But to fine issues: nor Nature never lends

The smallest scruple of her excellence,

But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines

Herself the glory of a creditor,

Both thanks and use.

THE FLIGHTY purpose never is o’ertook

Unless the deed go with it: from this moment,

The very firstlings of my heart shall be

The firstlings of my hand.