The Rhodora

The Rhodora

"The Rhodora" is an 1847 poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is a response to the question "whence is the flower". The poem is about the rhodora, a common flowering shrub, and the beauty of this shrub in its natural setting.

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* [http://www.emersoncentral.com/poems/rhodora.htm The Rhodora Full text]


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