The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... mind which they induce ; and to them , of all the severest criticism is due . ' men , " These are Emerson's words in the Preface to Parnassus . His own poems will stand the test as well as any in the language . " The case is not closed ...
... mind which they induce ; and to them , of all the severest criticism is due . ' men , " These are Emerson's words in the Preface to Parnassus . His own poems will stand the test as well as any in the language . " The case is not closed ...
Page 8
... mind inspires . The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told , In groves of oak , or fanes of gold , Still floats upon the morning wind , Still whispers to the willing mind . One ...
... mind inspires . The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told , In groves of oak , or fanes of gold , Still floats upon the morning wind , Still whispers to the willing mind . One ...
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... mind , To the boy with his games undaunted Who never looks behind.2 Cities of proud hotels , Houses of rich and great , Vice nestles in your chambers , Beneath your roofs of slate . It cannot conquer folly , - - Time - and THE WORLD ...
... mind , To the boy with his games undaunted Who never looks behind.2 Cities of proud hotels , Houses of rich and great , Vice nestles in your chambers , Beneath your roofs of slate . It cannot conquer folly , - - Time - and THE WORLD ...
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... mind When sixty years are told ; Love wakes anew this throbbing heart , And we are never old ; Over the winter glaciers I see the summer glow , And through the wild - piled snow - drift The warm rosebuds below . THE SPHINX THE Sphinx is ...
... mind When sixty years are told ; Love wakes anew this throbbing heart , And we are never old ; Over the winter glaciers I see the summer glow , And through the wild - piled snow - drift The warm rosebuds below . THE SPHINX THE Sphinx is ...
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... dig or dive . Life is too short to waste In critic peep or cynic bark , Quarrel or reprimand : ' T will soon be dark ; Up ! mind thine own aim , and God speed the mark ! DESTINY THAT you are fair or wise is vain , 30 TO J. W..
... dig or dive . Life is too short to waste In critic peep or cynic bark , Quarrel or reprimand : ' T will soon be dark ; Up ! mind thine own aim , and God speed the mark ! DESTINY THAT you are fair or wise is vain , 30 TO J. W..
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