Classic and Contemporary Poets

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Poems found: 573

GIVE ALL TO LOVE

BOSTON HYMN; READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863

CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836

EACH AND [OR, IN] ALL

FABLE: THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL

ODE INSCRIBED TO W.H. CHANNING

ODE SUNG IN THE TOWN HALL, CONCORD, JULY 4, 1857

THE BOHEMIAN HYMN

THE RHODORA: ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER?

A DANGEROUS GIFT & GRACE IS MINE

A DULL UNCERTAIN BRAIN

A PAIR OF CRYSTAL EYES WILL LEAD ME

A POET IS AT HOME

A PUFF OF AIR OR DRY OR DAMP

A SCORE OF AIRY MILES WILL SMOOTH

AH STRANGE STRANGE STRANGE

AH! NOT TO ME THESE DREAMS BELONG

ALL THAT THY VIRGIN SOUL CAN ASK BE THINE

ALL THE GREAT & GOOD

ALL THINGS REHEARSE

ALWAYS DAY & NIGHT

AN ANCIENT DROP OF FEUDAL BLOOD

AN ANCIENT LADY WHO DWELT IN ROME

AND DO I WASTE MY TIME

AND HE LIKE ME IS NOT TOO PROUD

AND HUNGRY DEBT BESIEGED MY DOOR

AND MAN OF WIT & MARK

AND RIVAL COXCOMBS WITH ENAMORED STARE

AND THE BEST GIFT OF GOD

AND THOUGH HE DEARLY PRIZED THE BARDS OF FAME

AND WHEN I AM ENTOMBED IN MY PLACE

AROUND THE MAN WHO SEEKS A NOBLE END

AS I WALKED IN THE WOOD

AS THE DROP FEEDS ITS FATED FLOWER

ASK NOT TREASURES FROM HIS STORE

AT LAST THE POET SPOKE

AT PLYMOUTH IN THE FRIENDLY CROWD

ATOM FROM ATOM YAWNS AS FAR

BARD OR DUNCE IS BLEST, BUT HARD

BE OF GOOD CHEER, BRAVE SPIRIT; STEADFASTLY

BENDED TO FOPS WHO BENT TO HIM

BORROW URANIA'S SUBTILE WINGS

BROTHER, NO DECREPITUDE

BURN YOUR LITERARY VERSES

BUT AS THIS FUGITIVE SUNLIGHT

BUT GOD WILL KEEP HIS PROMISE YET

BUT IF THOU DO THY BEST

BUT NATURE WHISTLED WITH ALL HER WINDS

BUT NEVER YET THE MAN WAS FOUND

BUT O TO SEE HIS SOLAR EYES

BY ART, BY MUSIC, OVERTHRILLED

BY KINDS I KEEP MY KINDS IN CHECK

BY THE UNACKNOWLEDGED TIE

CHLADNI STREWED ON GLASS THE SAND

COIN THE DAYDAWN INTO LINES

COMFORT WITH A PURRING CAT

COMRADE OF THE SNOW & WIND

DEAR ARE THE PLEASANT MEMORIES

DEAR ELLEN,MANY A GOLDEN YEAR

DIVINE INVITERS! I ACCEPT

DO THAT WHICH YOU CAN DO

DOST THOU NOT HEAR ME ELLEN

DUST UNTO DUST! AND SHALL NO MORE BE SAID

EASY TO MATCH WHAT OTHERS DO

ENOUGH IS DONE HIGHMINDED FRIEND GO SLEEP

EVE ROVED IN PARADISE, I'VE HEARD

EVER THE ROCK OF AGES MELTS

FAR SEEN THE RIVER GLIDES BELOW

FINE PRESENTIMENTS CONTROLLED HIM

FOR DEATHLESS POWERS TO VERSE BELONG

FOR GENIUS MADE HIS CABIN WIDE

FOR JOY & BEAUTY PLANTED IT

FOR LUCIFER, THAT OLD ATHLETE

FOR LYRA YET SHALL BE THE POLE

FOR NATURE TRUE & LIKE IN EVERY PLACE

FOR THAT A MAN IS A MARK

FOR WHAT NEED I OF BOOK OR PRIEST

FORBORE THE ANT HILL, SHUNNED TO TREAD

FRIENDS TO ME ARE FROZEN WINE

FROM A FAR MOUNTAIN CREEPING DOWN

FROM HIGH TO HIGHER FORCES

FROM NATURE'S BEGINNING

FROM THE STORES OF ELDEST MATTER

GENTLE SPRING HAS CHARMED THE EARTH

GIVE ALL TO LOVE

GO IF THOU WILT AMBROSIAL FLOWER

GO INTO THE GARDEN

GO OUT INTO NATURE AND PLANT TREES

GOD ONLY KNEW HOW SAADI DINED

GOD THE LORD SAVE MASSACHUSETTS

GOOD CHARLES THE SPRINGS ADORER

HE WHOM GOD HAD THUS PREFERRED

HE COULD CONDENSE CERULEAN ETHER

HE LIVES NOT WHO CAN REFUSE ME

HE LOVED TO WATCH & WAKE

HE WALKED THE STREETS OF GREAT NEW YORK

HEARST THOU, SWEET SPIRIT, THOU HAST HEARD BEFORE

HEARTILY HEARTILY SING

HEARTILY HEARTILY

HIS INSTANT THOUGHT THE POET SPOKE

HISTORY & PROPHECY ARE ALIKE

HOLD OF THE MAKER, NOT THE MADE

HONOR BRIGHT O MUSE

HOW DREARILY IN COLLEGE HALL

I AM ALONE. SAD IS MY SOLITUDE

I AM AN EXILE FROM MY HOME; HEAVILY

I AM NOT BLACK IN MY MIND

I AM OWNER OF THE SPHERE

I CALL HER BEAUTIFUL; -- SHE SAYS

I CANNOT FIND A PLACE SO LONELY

I CARE NOT WHITHER I MAY GO

I GRIEVE THAT BETTER SOULS THAN MINE

I HAVE AN ARROW THAT CAN FIND ITS MARK

I HAVE FOUND A NOBLER LOVE

I HAVE NO BROTHERS AND NO PEERS

I HAVE SUPPED WITH THE GODS TONIGHT

I KNOW THE APPOINTED HOUR

I LEAVE THE BOOK, I LEAVE THE WINE

I LIVE AMONG IDEAL MEN

I MUST NOT BORROW LIGHT

I NEVER KNEW BUT ONE

I SAT UPON THE GROUND

I SPREAD MY GORGEOUS SAIL

I TO MY GARDEN WENT

I USE THE KNIFE

I WEAR NO BADGE; NO TINSEL STAR

I WILL NOT HESITATE TO SPEAK THE WORD

I WILL NOT LIVE OUT OF ME

I'VE FOUND THE DAINTY MALICE OUT

IF BRIGHT THE SUN, HE TARRIES

IF CURSES BE THE WAGE OF LOVE

IF THY BODY PINE

IF WISHES WOULD CARRY ME OVER THE LAND

ILLUSIONS LIKE THE TINTS OF PEARL

IN DREAMY WOODS, WHAT FORMS ABOUND

IN THIS SOUR WORLD, O SUMMERWIND

INSPIRED WE MUST FORGET OUR BOOKS

IS JOVE IMMORTAL

IS THE PACE OF NATURE SLOW?

IT TAKES PHILOSOPHER OR FOOL

KIND & HOLY WERE THE WORDS

LEAVE ME FEAR! THY THROBS ARE BASE

LET NOT CONCEITED SAGES LAUGH ALOUD

LIKE VAULTERS IN THE CIRCUS ROUND

LOOK DANGER IN THE EYE IT VANISHES

MASK THY WISDOM WITH DELIGHT

MORE SWEET THAN MY REFRAIN

MY DAYS ROLL BY ME LIKE A TRAIN OF DREAMS

NATURE WILL NOT LOSE

NATURES WEB STAR BROIDERED

NO FATE, SAVE BY THE VICTIM'S FAULT, IS LOW

NO SONG SO TUNEFUL, QUOTH THE FOX

NONE SPARES ANOTHER YET IT PLEASES ME

O BOSTON CITY LECTURE-HEARING

O SUN! TAKE OFF THY HOOD OF CLOUDS

O WHAT HAVE I TO DO

O WHAT IS HEAVEN BUT THE FELLOWSHIP

ON A RAISIN STONE

ON BRAVELY THROUGH THE SUNSHINE & THE SHOWERS

ON THAT NIGHT THE POET WENT

ON THE CHAMBER, ON THE STAIRS

ON THEE HAS GOD CONFERRED

ONCE THE PRIEST

ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER

ONE NIGHT HE DREAMED OF A PALACE FAIR

PERHAPS THY LOT IN LIFE IS HIGHER

POETS ARE COLORPOTS

POUR THE WINE! POUR THE WINE!

PUT IN, DRIVE HOME THE SIGHTLESS WEDGES

QUOTH SAADI, WHEN I STOOD BEFORE

SAADI HELD THE MUSE IN AWE

SAADI LOVED THE NEW & OLD

SAMSON STARK AT DAGON'S KNEE

SCHOLAR IS A BALL THATS SPENT

SEE HOW ROMANCE ADHERES

SEE YONDER LEAFLESS TREES AGAINST THE SKY

SEEMED TO ME -- NEVER MAID

SEEMED, THO' THE SOFT SHEEN ALL ENCHANTS

SEYD PLANTED WHERE THE DELUGE PLOUGHED

SHALL THE MUSE SING FOR THOUSANDS & NOT SING

SHE HAD WEALTH OF MORNINGS IN HER YEAR

SHE NEVER COMES TO ME

SHE PAINTS WITH WHITE & RED THE MOORS

SHE WALKED IN FLOWERS AROUND MY FIELD

SHUN PASSION, FOLD THE HANDS OF THRIFT

SINCE THE DEVIL HOPPING ON

SOFTENS THE AIR SO COLD & RUDE

SOLAR INSECT ON THE WING

SPICES IN THE PLANTS THAT RUN

STAR SEER COPERNICUS

STOUT SPARTA SHRINED THE GOD OF LAUGHTER

SUCH ANOTHER PEERLESS QUEEN

TEACH ME I AM FORGOTTEN BY THE DEAD

TEACH ME YOUR MOOD, O PATIENT STARS!

TELL MEN WHAT THEY KNEW BEFORE

THANK THE GODS THY GOVERNORS

THANKS TO THOSE WHO GO & COME

THAT WANDERING FIRE TO ME APPEARS

THE ARCHANGEL HOPE

THE ASMODAEAN FEAT BE MINE

THE ATOM DISPLACES ALL ATOMS BESIDE

THE BEST OF LIFE IS PRESENCE OF A MUSE

THE BIRD WAS GONE -- THE GHASTLY TREES

THE BLACKBIRD'S SONG THE BLACKBIRD'S SONG

THE BRAVE EMPEDOCLES DEFYING FOOLS

THE CIVIL WORLD WILL MUCH FORGIVE

THE COIL OF SPACE THE CONES OF LIGHT

THE COMRADE OR THE BOOK IS GOOD

THE CORAL WORM BENEATH THE SEA

THE CROWNING HOUR WHEN BODIES VIE WITH SOULS

THE DAYS PASS OVER ME

THE DERVISH WHINED TO SAID

THE GENIAL SPARK THE POET FELT

THE HEAVY BLUE CHAIN

THE HUSBAND HAS THE NEAREST ACRES

THE LAND WAS ALL ELECTRIC

THE LOW DECEMBER VAULT IN JUNE BE UP-LIFTED HIGH

THE PANOPLY OF PARADISE IS MINE

THE RULES TO MEN MADE EVIDENT

THE SEA REFLECTS THE ROSY SKY

THE SIMPLE PEOPLE EACH WITH BASKET OR TOOL

THE SPARROW IS RICH IN HER NEST

THE SPIRITS OF THE WISE, SIT ON THE CLOUDS

THE SUN ATHWART THE CLOUD THOUGHT IT NO SIN

THE SUN IS THE SOLE INCONSUMABLE FIRE

THE WINDS ARE COLD, THE DAYS ARE DARK

THERE IS NO EVIL BUT CAN SPEAK

THESE TREES LIKE THO'TS THAT TO VISIONS CONGEAL

THINE EYES STILL SHINED FOR ME, THOUGH FAR

THINGS OFT MISCALLING, AS THE HEN

THINK NOT THE GODS RECEIVE THY PRAYER

THIS SHINING HOUR IS AN EDIFICE

THIS WORLD IS TEDIOUS

THOU SHALT MAKE THY HOUSE

TO EVERY CREATURE

TO THE MIZEN, THE MAIN, & THE FORE

TO TRANSMUTE CRIME TO WISDOM, & TO STEM

TOO LATE THE ANXIOUS FIRE CAME

TRAITORS THO' PLUMED & STEEL EQUIPPED

TURTLE IN SWAMP

USE WILL IN MAN NEW GRACE REVEAL

VAIN AGAINST HIM WERE HOSTILE BLOWS

WE SAUNTERED AMIDST MIRACLES

WHAT ALL THE BOOKS OF AGES PAINT, I HAVE

WHAT ARE ALL THE FLOWERS

WHAT AVAILS IT ME

WHAT FLOWING CENTRAL FORCES, SAY

WHAT FROM THIS BARREN BEING DO WE REAP

WHAT IS IT TO SAIL

WHAT NEVER WAS NOT, & STILL WILL BE

WHEN DEVILS BITE

WHEN JANE WAS ABSENT EDGAR'S EYE

WHEN THOU SITTEST MOPING

WHEN WRATH & TERROR CHANGED JOVE'S REGAL PORT

WHERE IS SKRYMIR? GIANT SKRYMIR

WHERE THE FUNGUS BROAD & RED

WHOSO ALAS IS YOUNG

WHY HONOR THE NEW MEN

WHY SHOULD I LIVE

WILLIAM DOES THY FRIGID SOUL

WISP & METEOR NIGHTLY FALLING

WITH THE KEY OF THE SECRET HE MARCHES FASTER

WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT JOY IS HID

YET SOMETIME TO THE SORROW STRICKEN

YOU SHALL NOT LOVE ME FOR WHAT DAILY SPENDS

THEY ENJOY A TEARLESS AGE'

A MOUNTAIN GRAVE

A NATION'S STRENGTH

A SHOUT TO THE SHEPHERDS

ALPHONSO OF CASTILLE

AT SEA, SEPTEMBER 1833

CHARACTER; EPIGRAM

CLOUD UPON CLOUD (1)

CLOUD UPON CLOUD (2)

COMPENSATION (1)

COMPENSATION (2)

ETIENNE DE LA BOECE

FRAGMENTS ON THE POET AND THE POETIC GIFT

FRAGMENTS ON THE POET AND THE POETIC GIFT

FROM FRODMER'S DRAMA 'THE FRIENDS'

HAMATREYA [DIFFERENT VERSION]

HERI, CRAS, HODIE

HYMN: 13, WRITTEN IN CONCORD SEPT. 1814

IN MEMORIAM; E.B.E.

INITIAL, DAEMONIC, AND CELESTIAL LOVE: 1. THE INITIAL LOVE

INITIAL, DAEMONIC, AND CELESTIAL LOVE: 2. DAEMONIC AND CELESTIAL LOVE

INITIAL, DAEMONIC, AND CELESTIAL LOVE: 3

INSCRIPTION FOR A WELL IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF THE WAR

INTELLECT; EPIGRAM

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

LINES ON THE DEATH OF MISS M.B. FARNHAM

LOVE AND THOUGHT

LOVER'S PETITION

MAIDEN SPEECH OF THE AEOLIAN HARP

MONADNOCK FROM AFAR

MOTTO TO 'CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WAY'

MOTTO TO 'FATE'

MOTTO TO 'GIFTS'

MOTTO TO 'NATURE'

MOTTO TO 'THE POET'

NATURE IN LEASTS

NEW ENGLAND CAPITALIST

ON THE DEATH OF MR. JOHN HASKINS

ORIGINAL - 'APROPOS'

PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

PARKS AND PONDS

POEM ON ELOQUENCE BY R.W. EMERSON

POEM, SPOKEN BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY, AUGUST, 1934

QUATRAIN: NATURE

QUATRAIN: SELF-RELIANCE

SONG OF TALIESIN

SUUM CUIQUE (1)

SUUM CUIQUE (2)

THE ADIRONDACS; A JOURNAL

THE CHARTIST'S COMPLAINT

THE DAY'S RATION

THE DISCONTENT POET; A MASQUE

THE HOUSE OF GOD

THE NUN'S ASPIRATION

THE ROMANY GIRL

THE THREE DIMENSIONS

TO ELLEN, AT THE SOUTH

VALEDICTORY POEM

WILLIAM RUFUS AND THE JEW

WOODNOTES: 1, 1

WOODNOTES: 1, 2

WOODNOTES: 1, 3

WOODNOTES: 1, 4

WOODS; A PROSE SONNET

WRITTEN AT ROME

WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF GOETHE

WRITTEN IN NAPLES, MARCH, 1833

WRITTEN IN SICKNESS

DAY BY DAY RETURNS

EVER FIND ME DIM REGARDS

LET MAN SERVE LAW FOR MAN

SPEAK NOT THY SPEECH, FR. WOODNOTES

SEA TOSSES AND FOAMS TO FIND

THOU WERT THE MORNING STAR AMONG THE LIVING

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

FRAGMENTS ON NATURE AND LIFE

IN THE NAME OF GOD

LINES (WRITTEN BY ELLEN LOUISA TUCKER BEFORE HER MARRIAGE)

LOVE REIGNS FOREVER

LOVE'S NOBILITY

ONE WHO MOBS THE MOB

PUBLIC SERVANT OF THE GODS

SOUL'S PROPHECY

VIOLET (BY ELLEN LOUISA TUCKER)

THIS NOBLE HEAD

WHAT IS SUCCESS?

WHILE THESE IS A COUNTRY TO SHARE

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