Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty
... To die for Beauty, than live for bread ...
Una
... At home a deeper thought may light ...
From the Persian of Hafiz I
... Of the five heaven-domes with nine steps: ...
The River Note
... The wind, That rustles down the well-known forest road-- ...
Grace
... To gauge with glance the roaring gulf below, ...
Woodnotes
... 3 In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers' gang ...
Nemesis
... The bosom-thought which thou must speak ...
The Adirondacs
... A JOURNAL. DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW-TRAVELLERS IN AUGUST, 1858 ...
Love And Thought
... When, by false companions crossed, ...
The Visit
... And, though thy rede be church or state, ...
From the Persian of Hafiz II
... He is no dervise, Heaven slights his service, ...
The Titmouse
... Tugs at the heart-strings, numbs the sense, ...
Gnothi Seauton
... XI Shall I ask wealth or power of God, who gave ...
Poems
... Of minds that each can stand against the world ...
Waves
... The sea-beat scorns the minster clock ...