{"id":22065,"date":"2024-09-12T14:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T14:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=22065"},"modified":"2024-09-12T14:14:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T14:14:25","slug":"emersons-poem-brahma-shocked-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=22065","title":{"rendered":"Emerson&#8217;s poem Brahma shocked the   West"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brahma<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poet\/ralph-waldo-emerson\">Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">\n\n\nShare on Facebook\nShare on Twitter\nShare on Tumblr\nView print mode\nCopy embed code\nAdd this poem to an anthology\nRalph Waldo Emerson\n1803 \u2013\n1882\n\n\nIf the red slayer think he slays,\n    Or if the slain think he is slain,\nThey know not well the subtle ways\n    I keep, and pass, and turn again.\n\nFar or forgot to me is near;\n    Shadow and sunlight are the same;\nThe vanished gods to me appear;\n    And one to me are shame and fame.\n\nThey reckon ill who leave me out;\n    When me they fly, I am the wings;\nI am the doubter and the doubt;\n    And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.\n\nThe strong gods pine for my abode,\n    And pine in vain the sacred Seven,\nBut thou, meek lover of the good!\n    Find me, and turn thy back on heaven.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brahma Ralph Waldo Emerson Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Tumblr View print mode Copy embed code Add this poem to an anthology Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 \u2013 1882 If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=22065\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Emerson&#8217;s poem Brahma shocked the   West&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22065"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22075,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22065\/revisions\/22075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}