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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Webster
Webster1831Let Webster's lofty face Ever on thousands shine, A beacon set that Freedom's race Might gather omens from that radiant sign.From the Phi Beta Kappa Poem1834Ill fits the abstemious…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Worship
WorshipThis is he, who, felled by foes, Sprung harmless up, refreshed by blows: He to captivity was sold, But him no prison-bars would hold: Though they sealed him in a rock, Mountain chains…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Xenophanes
XenophanesBy fate, not option, frugal Nature gave One scent to hyson and to wall-flower, One sound to pine-groves and to waterfalls, One aspect to the desert and the lake. It was her stern…Holmes, Oliver Wendell, American author and physician
(Encyclopedia) Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809–94, American author and physician, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1829; M.D., 1836); father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. He began his medical…Poems
Contents Good-Bye Each and All The Problem To Rhea The Visit Uriel The World-Soul The Sphinx Alphonso of Castile Mithridates To J.W. Destiny Guy Hamatreya The Rhodora: The…Ralp Waldo Emerson: The Poet, I
IRight upward on the road of fame With sounding steps the poet came; Born and nourished in miracles, His feet were shod with golden bells, Or where he stepped the soil did peal As if the dust…May-Day and Other Pieces
ContentsMay-DayThe AdirondacsBrahmaNemesisFateFreedomOdeBoston HymnVoluntariesLove and ThoughtUnaBostonLettersRubiesMerlin's SongThe TestSolutionHymnNature INature IIThe Romany GirlDaysMy…Elements and Mottoes
ContentsExperienceCompensationPoliticsHeroismCharacterCultureFriendshipSpiritual LAWSBeautyMannersArtUnityWorshipPrudenceNatureThe Informing…Poems of Youth and Early Manhood
1823-1834ContentsThe BellThoughtPrayerTo-DayFameThe SummonsThe RiverGood HopeLines to EllenSecurityA Mountain GraveA LetterHymnSelf-RelianceWritten in NaplesWritten at RomeWebsterRalph Waldo Emerson: Fragments on Nature and Life
Fragments on Nature and LifeNatureThe EarthThe HeavensTransitionThe GardenBirdsWaterNahantSunriseTrending
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