The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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Page ix
... Muse . Where there is any question as to the signi- ficance of a poem or passage , the editor has tried to make clear in which cases the explana- tions he offers are given confidently as based on authority , and in which cases he merely ...
... Muse . Where there is any question as to the signi- ficance of a poem or passage , the editor has tried to make clear in which cases the explana- tions he offers are given confidently as based on authority , and in which cases he merely ...
Page xi
... Muse , as Emerson tells it , is pur- sued with regard to his own poems . I hang my verses in the wind , Time and tide their faults will find . March 12 , 1904 . EDWARD W. EMERSON . CONTENTS POEMS GOOD - BYE EACH AND ALL THE PROBLEM ...
... Muse , as Emerson tells it , is pur- sued with regard to his own poems . I hang my verses in the wind , Time and tide their faults will find . March 12 , 1904 . EDWARD W. EMERSON . CONTENTS POEMS GOOD - BYE EACH AND ALL THE PROBLEM ...
Page 51
... Muse - born , a daughter of the Muse . But if with gold she bind her hair , And deck her breast with diamond , Take off thine eyes , thy heart forbear , Though thou lie alone on the ground . ' Heed the old oracles , Ponder my spells ...
... Muse - born , a daughter of the Muse . But if with gold she bind her hair , And deck her breast with diamond , Take off thine eyes , thy heart forbear , Though thou lie alone on the ground . ' Heed the old oracles , Ponder my spells ...
Page 64
... muse Toil's hard hap with scorn accuse . Many hamlets sought I then , Many farms of mountain men . Rallying round a parish steeple Nestle warm the highland people , Coarse and boisterous , yet mild , Strong as giant , slow as child ...
... muse Toil's hard hap with scorn accuse . Many hamlets sought I then , Many farms of mountain men . Rallying round a parish steeple Nestle warm the highland people , Coarse and boisterous , yet mild , Strong as giant , slow as child ...
Page 66
... muse affords ; But they turn them in a fashion Past clerks ' or statesmen's art or passion . I can spare the college bell , And the learned lecture , well ; Spare the clergy and libraries , Institutes and dictionaries , For that hardy ...
... muse affords ; But they turn them in a fashion Past clerks ' or statesmen's art or passion . I can spare the college bell , And the learned lecture , well ; Spare the clergy and libraries , Institutes and dictionaries , For that hardy ...
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