The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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Page 17
... into The fopperies of the town . Within , without the idle earth , Stars weave eternal rings ; The sun himself shines heartily , And shares the joy he brings . And what if Trade sow cities Like shells along the IX THE WORLD - SOUL 17.
... into The fopperies of the town . Within , without the idle earth , Stars weave eternal rings ; The sun himself shines heartily , And shares the joy he brings . And what if Trade sow cities Like shells along the IX THE WORLD - SOUL 17.
Page 18
... towns the prairie broad With railways ironed o'er ? - They are but sailing foam - bells Along Thought's causing stream , And take their shape and sun - color From him that sends the dream . For Destiny never swerves Nor yields to men ...
... towns the prairie broad With railways ironed o'er ? - They are but sailing foam - bells Along Thought's causing stream , And take their shape and sun - color From him that sends the dream . For Destiny never swerves Nor yields to men ...
Page 29
... me ! ' I TO J. W. SET not thy foot on graves ; Hear what wine and roses say ; The mountain chase , the summer waves , The crowded town , thy feet may well delay . Set not thy foot on graves ; Nor seek to TO J. W. 29 TO J W.
... me ! ' I TO J. W. SET not thy foot on graves ; Hear what wine and roses say ; The mountain chase , the summer waves , The crowded town , thy feet may well delay . Set not thy foot on graves ; Nor seek to TO J. W. 29 TO J W.
Page 49
... town and the tower ? Only what the pine - tree yields ; Sinew that subdued the fields ; The wild - eyed boy , who in the woods Chants his hymn to hills and floods , Whom the city's poisoning spleen Made not pale , or fat , or lean ...
... town and the tower ? Only what the pine - tree yields ; Sinew that subdued the fields ; The wild - eyed boy , who in the woods Chants his hymn to hills and floods , Whom the city's poisoning spleen Made not pale , or fat , or lean ...
Page 64
... towns to stem With simpleness for stratagem . But if the brave old mould is broke , And end in churls the mountain folk In tavern cheer and tavern joke , Sink , O mountain , in the swamp ! Hide in thy skies , O sovereign lamp ! Perish ...
... towns to stem With simpleness for stratagem . But if the brave old mould is broke , And end in churls the mountain folk In tavern cheer and tavern joke , Sink , O mountain , in the swamp ! Hide in thy skies , O sovereign lamp ! Perish ...
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Addresses and Lectures angels Atlantic Monthly bard beauty bird Boston Brahma brother cheer cloud Concord Dæmon Dial divine doth dream earth Emerson wrote Essays eternal eyes Fate fire flame flowers forest genius give glow gods Hafiz hath hear heard heart heaven Henry Thoreau James Freeman Clarke journal lake land light lines live Margaret Fuller Merlin mind Monadnoc moon morning motto mountain Muse Nature Nature's never night o'er Over-Soul passage Peter's Field pine plant Plotinus poem poet Polycrates printed QUATRAINS Ralph Waldo Emerson rhyme river rose round Saadi Second Series secret seemed Selected Poems shine sing Solitude song soul sphere Sphinx stars Succory sweet thee thine things thou thought titmouse to-day trees verse verse-book Vishnu Purana voice walks wave wind wine wings wise woods word written Xenophanes youth