Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 47
... poetry . No poet dares murmur of beauty out of the precinct of his rhymes . No priest dares hint at a Providence which does not respect English utility . The island is a roaring volcano of fate , of material values , of tariffs , and ...
... poetry . No poet dares murmur of beauty out of the precinct of his rhymes . No priest dares hint at a Providence which does not respect English utility . The island is a roaring volcano of fate , of material values , of tariffs , and ...
Page 48
... poets , like the Greek artists , heeded their designs , and less considered the finish . It was their office to lead to the divine sources , out of which all this , and much more , readily springs , and , if this religion is in the poetry ...
... poets , like the Greek artists , heeded their designs , and less considered the finish . It was their office to lead to the divine sources , out of which all this , and much more , readily springs , and , if this religion is in the poetry ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. people fancy they hate poetry , and they are all poets and mystics ! Beyond this universality of ... poetry of the landscape is broken up by these ; 176 THE POET .
Ralph Waldo Emerson. people fancy they hate poetry , and they are all poets and mystics ! Beyond this universality of ... poetry of the landscape is broken up by these ; 176 THE POET .
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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