Initial, Daemonic And Celestial Love

I. THE INITIAL LOVE
A spirit of the air
Was sent to me,
And this was born of my own soul.
II. THE DAEMONIC LOVE
A spirit of the earth
Was sent to me,
And this was born of my own body.
III. THE CELESTIAL LOVE
A spirit of the heaven
Was sent to me,
And this was born of my own spirit.

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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