The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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Page ix
... his Saadi says the poet should be , and , though not thinking highly of his own work , he said , " I am more of a poet than anything else . " In September , 1839 , he wrote to his " " unseen friend , John Sterling , " I PREFACE ix.
... his Saadi says the poet should be , and , though not thinking highly of his own work , he said , " I am more of a poet than anything else . " In September , 1839 , he wrote to his " " unseen friend , John Sterling , " I PREFACE ix.
Page 79
... ruined , Her last poet mute : Straight , into double band The victors divide ; Half for freedom strike . and stand ; The astonished Muse finds thousands at her side . ASTREA EACH the herald is who wrote His rank , ODE 79.
... ruined , Her last poet mute : Straight , into double band The victors divide ; Half for freedom strike . and stand ; The astonished Muse finds thousands at her side . ASTREA EACH the herald is who wrote His rank , ODE 79.
Page 80
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ASTREA EACH the herald is who wrote His rank , and quartered his own coat . There is no king nor sovereign state That can fix a hero's rate ; Each to all is venerable , Cap - a - pie invulnerable , Until he write ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ASTREA EACH the herald is who wrote His rank , and quartered his own coat . There is no king nor sovereign state That can fix a hero's rate ; Each to all is venerable , Cap - a - pie invulnerable , Until he write ...
Page 143
... wrote at large in miles , I followed in small copy in my acre ; For there's no rood has not a star above it ; The cordial quality of pear or plum Ascends as gladly in a single tree As in broad orchards resonant with bees ; And every ...
... wrote at large in miles , I followed in small copy in my acre ; For there's no rood has not a star above it ; The cordial quality of pear or plum Ascends as gladly in a single tree As in broad orchards resonant with bees ; And every ...
Page 155
... Wrote in thy mind's transparent table , As far as the incommunicable ; Taught thee each private sign to raise Lit by the supersolar blaze . Past utterance , and past belief , And past the blasphemy of grief , The mysteries of Nature's ...
... Wrote in thy mind's transparent table , As far as the incommunicable ; Taught thee each private sign to raise Lit by the supersolar blaze . Past utterance , and past belief , And past the blasphemy of grief , The mysteries of Nature's ...
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