...the gods talked, apparently " in the breath of the woods ; " and we have Emerson's word for it that " the poet who overhears Some random word they say Is the fated man of men Whom the ages must obey." When the Storys were not in Florence there were always possibilities that the Brownings might be in...

...Margaret and Mr. Emerson towards his home, and I towards mine. . . . THE POET. Ralph Waldo Emerson. THE gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk...say Is the fated man of men Whom the ages must obey. MAUD MULLER. John Greenleaf Wldttier. MAUD MULLER, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet with hay....

...all mean egotism vanishes." " The gods talk in the breath of the woods. They talk in the shaken pine, And the poet who overhears Some random word they say Is the fated man of men Whom the ages must obey."1 "The stately white pine of New England was Emerson's favorite tree. . . The pine grove by Walden,...

...my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes." " The gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk in the shaken pine, And the poet who overhears Some random word they say Is the fated man of men Whom the ages must obey."1...

...forward and far, Through worlds and races and terms and times Saw musical order and pairing rhymes. n. The gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk...say Is the fated man of men Whom the ages must obey: One who having nectar drank Into blissful orgies sank; He takes no mark of night or day, He cannot...

...to men." In The Poet, we see how great he thought the poet's debt to communion with nature : — " The gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk...divine; And the poet who overhears Some random word they sav Is the fated man of men Whom the ages must obey." Hawthorne saw Emerson one August day, wandering...

...begun." In Fragments on the Poet and the Poetic Gift we are told once more of the poet's sovereignty : "The gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk...fated man of men Whom the ages must obey." The poet has nature to learn from, the free winds, omens and signs that fill the air, and these are better worth...

...forward and far, Through worlds and races and terms and times Saw musical order and pairing rhymes.1 II The gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk...old seashore With dialogue divine ; And the poet who overhean Some random word they say Is the fated man of men Whom the ages must obey : One who having...

...haunting sense of sanctity in the woods should lead Man to worship there. Even Emerson felt that — The Gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk in the shaken pine. And the Harvester himself found the forest to be instinct with moral and spiritual potencies. ' You not...

...government of society, he returns. Emerson says, 1 Letter to Robert Browning, February 27, 1845. " The Poet. The gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk...random word they say Is the fated man of men Whom the nations must obey.1 What is the poet's reward? Immortality. He is confident that if his vision is true...