A little Emerson

Maia*

Illusion works impenetrable,

Weaving webs innumerable,

Her gay pictures never fail,

Crowd each on the other, veil on veil,

Charmer who will be believed

By man who thirsts to be deceived.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

*Hindu for illusion.



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