The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Printed at the Riverside Press, 1904 |
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Page viii
... verse - books suffi- ciently complete to have a title are printed in the Appendix for the first time : " Insight , " " Sep- tember , " " October , " " Hymn " and " Riches . " After much hesitation the editor has gath- ered in their ...
... verse - books suffi- ciently complete to have a title are printed in the Appendix for the first time : " Insight , " " Sep- tember , " " October , " " Hymn " and " Riches . " After much hesitation the editor has gath- ered in their ...
Page x
... verse , and substitute something of our own and thus miswrite the poem . The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences more faithfully , and these transcripts , though imperfect , become the songs of Nations . " He saw the ...
... verse , and substitute something of our own and thus miswrite the poem . The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences more faithfully , and these transcripts , though imperfect , become the songs of Nations . " He saw the ...
Page xi
... , 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 PREFACE xi.
... , 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 PREFACE xi.
Page 198
... verse , That the slave who caught the strain Should throb until he snapped his chain . But the Spirit said , ' Not so ; Speak it not , or speak it low ; Name not lightly to be said , Gift too precious to be prayed , Passion not to be ...
... verse , That the slave who caught the strain Should throb until he snapped his chain . But the Spirit said , ' Not so ; Speak it not , or speak it low ; Name not lightly to be said , Gift too precious to be prayed , Passion not to be ...
Page 220
... verses in the wind , Time and tide their faults may find . All were winnowed through and through , Five lines lasted sound and true ; Five were smelted in a pot Than the South more fierce and hot ; These the siroc could not melt , Fire ...
... verses in the wind , Time and tide their faults may find . All were winnowed through and through , Five lines lasted sound and true ; Five were smelted in a pot Than the South more fierce and hot ; These the siroc could not melt , Fire ...
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