They brought me rubies from the mine,
And held them to the sun;
I said, they are drops of frozen wine
From Eden's vats that run.
I looked again,--I thought them hearts
Of friends to friends unknown;
Tides that should warm each neighboring life
Are locked in sparkling stone.
But fire to thaw that ruddy snow,
To break enchanted ice,
And give love's scarlet tides to flow,--
When shall that sun arise?
Rubies
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Poem topics: fire, life, snow, ice, unknown, frozen, warm, thought, stone, break, love, sun, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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