Love and Thought
Love and Thought - meaning Summary
Love and Art Together
Emerson presents Love (Eros) and Thought (the Muse) as inseparable companions who travel the world together, revealing and accessing every part of nature. Each complements and enhances the other, making a unified creative and emotional life possible. Their only true sorrow is separation caused by false companions or distractions, which leaves the pilgrim impoverished. The poem celebrates mutual interdependence between passion and intellect.
Read Complete AnalysesTwo well-assorted travellers use The highway, Eros and the Muse. From the twins is nothing hidden, To the pair is naught forbidden; Hand in hand the comrades go Every nook of nature through: Each for other they were born, Each can other best adorn; They know one only mortal grief Past all balsam or relief, When, by false companions crossed, The pilgrims have each other lost.
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