Each And All

Each hath its own. Naught profits song,
Unless it is sung in its own tongue.
Each hath its own. Naught profits song,
Unless it is sung in its own tongue.

About Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, philosopher, and poet. Leader of the Transcendentalist movement whose verse celebrates nature and self-reliance.

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