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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Fable
FableThe mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter 'Little Prig.' Bun replied, 'You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Fame
FameAh Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That wisdom might in youth be gotten, Or wit be ripe before 't was rotten? He pays…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Fate
FateDeep in the man sits fast his fate To mould his fortunes, mean or great: Unknown to Cromwell as to me Was Cromwell's measure or degree; Unknown to him as to his horse, If he than his…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Forbearance
ForbearanceHast thou named all the birds without a gun? Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk? At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse? Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Forerunners
ForerunnersLong I followed happy guides, I could never reach their sides; Their step is forth, and, ere the day Breaks up their leaguer, and away. Keen my sense, my heart was young, Right…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Fragments
FragmentsPale genius roves alone, No scout can track his way, None credits him till he have shown His diamonds to the day. Not his the feaster's wine, Nor land, nor gold, nor power, By want…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Freedom
FreedomOnce I wished I might rehearse Freedom's paean in my 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…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Friendship
FriendshipThou foolish Hafiz! Say, do churls Know the worth of Oman's pearls? Give the gem which dims the moon To the noblest, or to none. Dearest, where thy shadow falls, Beauty sits and…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Gifts
GiftsGifts of one who loved me,— 'T was high time they came; When he ceased to love me, Time they stopped for shame.Ralph Waldo Emerson: Grace
GraceHow much, preventing God, how much I owe To the defences thou hast round me set; Example, custom, fear, occasion slow,— These scorned bondmen were my parapet. I dare not peep over this…Trending
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