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Quatrains and Translations

ContentsQuatrainsTranslationsSonnet of Michel Angelo BuonarottiThe ExileFrom HafizEpitaphFriendshipFrom Omar KhayyamFrom Ali Ben Abu TalebFrom Ibn JeminThe FluteTo the ShahSong of Seyd…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Biographical Sketch

Biographical SketchThe Emersons first appeared in the north of England, but Thomas, who landed in Massachusetts in 1638, came from Hertfordshire. He built soon after a house, sometimes railed…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Bohemian Hymn

The Bohemian HymnIn many forms we try To utter God's infinity, But the boundless hath no form, And the Universal Friend Doth as far transcend An angel as a worm. The great Idea baffles wit,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Celestial Love

The Celestial LoveBut God said, 'I will have a purer gift; There is smoke in the flame; New flowerets bring, new prayers uplift, And love without a name. Fond children, ye desire To please…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Chartist's Complaint

The Chartist's ComplaintDay! hast thou two faces, Making one place two places? One, by humble farmer seen, Chill and wet, unlighted, mean, Useful only, triste and damp, Serving for a laborer'…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Daemonic Love

The Daemonic LoveMan was made of social earth, Child and brother from his birth, Tethered by a liquid cord Of blood through veins of kindred poured. Next his heart the fireside band Of mother…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Day's Ration

The Day's Ration When I was born, From all the seas of strength Fate filled a chalice, Saying, 'This be thy portion, child; this chalice, Less than a lily's, thou shalt daily draw…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Humble-Bee

The Humble-BeeBurly, dozing humble-bee, Where thou art is clime for me. Let them sail for Porto Rique, Far-off heats through seas to seek; I will follow thee alone, Thou animated torrid-zone…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Informing Spirit

The Informing SpiritIThere is no great and no small To the Soul that maketh all: And where it cometh, all things are; And it cometh everywhere.III am owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars…