Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Waldeinsamkeit, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I do not count the hours I spend
In wandering by the sea;
The forest is my loyal friend,
Lik...

Voluntaries, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I

Low and mournful be the strain,
Haughty thought be far from me;
Tones of penitence a...

The Visit, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Askest, 'How long thou shalt stay?'
Devastator of the day!
Know, each substance and relation,...

Uriel, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It fell in the ancient periods
Which the brooding soul surveys,
Or ever the wild Time coined i...

Una, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Roving, roving, as it seems,
Una lights my clouded dreams;
Still for journeys she is dresse...

Thine Eyes Still Shined, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thine eyes still shined for me, though far
I lonely roved the land or sea:
As I behold yon ev...

The Titmouse, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

You shall not be overbold
When you deal with arctic cold,
As late I found my lukewarm blood
C...

To Ellen, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

And Ellen, when the graybeard years
Have brought us to life's evening hour,
And all the crowd...

To Ellen at the South, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The green grass is bowing,
The morning wind is in it;
'T is a tune worth thy knowing,
Thoug...

To J. W., by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Set not thy foot on graves;
Hear what wine and roses say;
The mountain chase, the summer wav...

Unity, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Space is ample, east and west,
But two cannot go abreast,
Cannot travel in it two:
Yonder ...

Two Rivers, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thy summer voice, Musketaquit,
Repeats the music of the rain;
But sweeter rivers pulsing f...

To Eva, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

O fair and stately maid, whose eyes
Were kindled in the upper skies
At the same torch that lig...

To Rhea, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thee, dear friend, a brother soothes,
Not with flatteries, but truths,
Which tarnish not, ...

My Garden, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I could put my woods in song
And tell what's there enjoyed,
All men would to my gardens thr...