Animal Poems

Animal Poems

The Humble-Bee, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Burly, dozing humble-bee,
Where thou art is ...

Illusions, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Flow, flow the waves hated,
Accursed, adore...

Initial, Daemonic and Celestial Love, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I. THE INITIAL LOVE Venus, when her son was l...

May-Day, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring,
Wi...

Merlin I, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thy trivial harp will never please
Or fill my ...

Merlin II, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The rhyme of the poet
Modulates the king's aff...

Merlin's Song, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I Of Merlin wise I learned a song, --
Sing it...

Mithridates, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I cannot spare water or wine,
Tobacco-leaf, ...

Monadnoc, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thousand minstrels woke within me,
'Our music...

Musketaquid, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Because I was content with these poor fields,
...

Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I A subtle chain of countless rings
The next ...

Nemesis, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Already blushes on thy cheek
The bosom though...

The Nun's Aspiration, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The yesterday doth never smile,
The day goes ...

Ode Inscribed to W. H. Channing, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Though loath to grieve
The evil time's sole pa...

Ode to Beauty, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who gave thee, O Beauty,
The keys of this br...

The Problem, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like a church; I like a cowl;
I love a prop...

The Rhodora: On Being Asked, Whence is the Flower?, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, ...

The Romany Girl, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sun goes down, and with him takes
The coa...

Saadi, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trees in groves,
Kine in droves,
In ocean s...

The Snow-Storm, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arr...

Song of Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mine are the night and morning,
The pits of ...

The Sphinx, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Sphinx is drowsy,
Her wings are furled:
...

Terminus, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is time to be old,
To take in sail: --
Th...

Threnody, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The South-wind brings
Life, sunshine and desi...

The Titmouse, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

You shall not be overbold
When you deal with a...