Question

I moulded kings and saviours,
And bards o'er kings to rule; -
But fell the starry influence short,
The cup was never full.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The illustration above is from the epilogue in “To Live Deliberately” - our illustrated edition of Thoreau’s essay, “Where I Lived and What I Lived For.” Thoreau was heavily influenced by Emerson while at Harvard, and wrote Walden while living in a small cabin on Emerson’s land. The epilogue is a nod to that inspiration.