United States! the ages plead, —
Present and Past in under-song, —
Go put your creed into your deed,
Nor speak with double tongue.


Ode, st. 5. - May-Day and Other Pieces (1867)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

United States! the ages plead, — Present and Past in under-song, — Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue.

United States! the ages plead, — Present and Past in under-song, — Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue.

United States! the ages plead, — Present and Past in under-song, — Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue.

United States! the ages plead, — Present and Past in under-song, — Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue.