Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
On a GirdleEdmund Waller (1606–1687)
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Shall now my joyful temples bind:
No monarch but would give his crown
His arms might do what this has done.
Dwelt all that’s good and all that’s fair:
Give me but what this ribband bound,
Take all the rest the Sun goes round.