Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Day's Ration
... this chalice, Less than a lily's, thou shalt daily draw ...
Merlin I
... The soaring orbit of the muse exceeds that journey's length!Nor, profane, affect to hit ...
To Ellen, At The South
... Saying; "We have drest for thee the ground, ...
Threnody
... Born for the future, to the future lost!The deep Heart answered, Weepest thou ...
Etienne de la Boéce
... That were a man's and lover's part, ...
The Forerunners
... Sometimes their strong speed they slacken, ...
Monadnoc
... No sire survive, no son succeed!Soft! let not the offended muse ...
Merlin II
... Not ancestors, With no posterity to make the lie afraid, ...
Musketaquid
... As when the all-worshipped moon attracts the eye, ...
Merops
... What care I, so they stand the same, ...
To J.W.
... Go get them where he earned them when alive, ...
Spiritual Laws
... Forging, through swart arms of Offence, ...
Ode
... And, henceforth, there shall be no chain, ...
Guy
... Strong crab with nobler blood did fill ...
Voluntaries
... Justice conquers evermore, Justice after as before,-- ...
