Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bulkeley, Hunt, Willard, Hosmer, Meriam, Flint,
Possessed the land which rendered to their...

One musician is sure,
His wisdom will not fail,
He has not tasted wine impure,
Nor bent to ...

On a mound an Arab lay,
And sung his sweet regrets
And told his amulets:
The summer bird
Hi...

Ruby wine is drunk by knaves,
Sugar spends to fatten slaves,
Rose and vine-leaf deck buffoons...

From fall to spring, the russet acorn,
Fruit beloved of maid and boy,
Lent itself beneath th...

There is no architect
Can build as the Muse can;
She is skilful to select
Materials for her p...

Burly, dozing humble-bee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
Fa...

SUNG AT THE SECOND CHURCH, AT THE ORDINATION OF REV. CHANDLER ROBBINS We love the venerable hou...

Flow, flow the waves hated,
Accursed, adored,
The waves of mutation;
No anchorage is.
Sl...

I There is no great and no small
To the Soul that maketh all:
And where it cometh, all thi...

I. THE INITIAL LOVE Venus, when her son was lost,
Cried him up and down the coast,
In hamle...

Every day brings a ship,
Every ship brings a word;
Well for those who have no fear.
Looking ...

Two well-assorted travellers use
The highway, Eros and the Muse.
From the twins is nothing hid...

Soft and softlier hold me, friends!
Thanks if your genial care
Unbind and give me to the air.
...

Grace, Beauty and Caprice
Build this golden portal;
Graceful women, chosen men,
Dazzle eve...