POEMS

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

HOUSEHOLD EDITION

1867, 1876, 1883, 1895, 1904 AND 1911

CONTENTS

[ PREFACE ]

[ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ]

[ I — POEMS ]

[ 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 HUMBLE-BEE ]

[ BERRYING ]

[ THE SNOW-STORM ]

[ WOODNOTES I ]

[ WOODNOTES II ]

[ MONADNOC ]

[ FABLE ]

[ ODE ]

[ ASTRAEA ]

[ COMPENSATION ]

[ FORBEARANCE ]

[ THE PARK ]

[ FORERUNNERS ]

[ SURSUM CORDA ]

[ ODE TO BEAUTY ]

[ GIVE ALL TO LOVE ]

[ TO ELLEN AT THE SOUTH ]

[ TO ELLEN ]

[ TO EVA ]

[ LINES ]

[ THE VIOLET ]

[ THE AMULET ]

[ THINE EYES STILL SHINED ]

[ EROS ]

[ HERMIONE ]

[ INITIAL, DAEMONIC AND CELESTIAL LOVE ]

[ II. THE DAEMONIC LOVE ]

[ III. THE CELESTIAL LOVE ]

[ THE APOLOGY ]

[ MERLIN I ]

[ MERLIN II ]

[ BACCHUS ]

[ MEROPS ]

[ THE HOUSE ]

[ SAADI ]

[ HOLIDAYS ]

[ XENOPHANES ]

[ THE DAY'S RATION ]

[ BLIGHT ]

[ MUSKETAQUID ]

[ DIRGE ]

[ THRENODY ]

[ CONCORD HYMN ]

[ II — MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES ]

[ MAY-DAY ]

[ THE ADIRONDACS ]

[ BRAHMA ]

[ NEMESIS ]

[ FATE ]

[ FREEDOM ]

[ ODE ]

[ BOSTON HYMN ]

[ VOLUNTARIES ]

[ LOVE AND THOUGHT ]

[ UNA ]

[ BOSTON ]

[ LETTERS ]

[ RUBIES ]

[ MERLIN'S SONG ]

[ THE TEST ]

[ SOLUTION ]

[ HYMN ]

[ NATURE I ]

[ NATURE II ]

[ THE ROMANY GIRL ]

[ DAYS ]

[ MY GARDEN ]

[ THE CHARTIST'S COMPLAINT ]

[ THE TITMOUSE ]

[ THE HARP ]

[ SEASHORE ]

[ SONG OF NATURE ]

[ TWO RIVERS ]

[ WALDEINSAMKEIT ]

[ TERMINUS ]

[ THE NUN'S ASPIRATION ]

[ APRIL ]

[ MAIDEN SPEECH OF THE AEOLIAN HARP ]

[ CUPIDO ]

[ THE PAST ]

[ THE LAST FAREWELL ]

[ IN MEMORIAM E.B.E. ]

[ III — ELEMENTS AND MOTTOES ]

[ EXPERIENCE ]

[ COMPENSATION ]

[ POLITICS ]

[ HEROISM ]

[ CHARACTER ]

[ CULTURE ]

[ FRIENDSHIP ]

[ SPIRITUAL LAWS ]

[ BEAUTY ]

[ MANNERS ]

[ ART ]

[ UNITY ]

[ WORSHIP ]

[ PRUDENCE ]

[ NATURE ]

[ THE INFORMING SPIRIT ]

[ CIRCLES ]

[ INTELLECT ]

[ GIFTS ]

[ PROMISE ]

[ CARITAS ]

[ POWER ]

[ WEALTH ]

[ ILLUSIONS ]

[ IV — QUATRAINS AND TRANSLATIONS ]

[ QUATRAINS ]

[ HUSH! ]

[ ORATOR ]

[ ARTIST ]

[ POET ]

[ POET ]

[ BOTANIST ]

[ GARDENER ]

[ FORESTER ]

[ NORTHMAN ]

[ FROM ALCUIN ]

[ EXCELSIOR ]

[ BORROWING ]

[ NATURE ]

[ FATE ]

[ HOROSCOPE ]

[ POWER ]

[ CLIMACTERIC ]

[ HERI, CRAS, HODIE ]

[ MEMORY ]

[ LOVE ]

[ SACRIFICE ]

[ PERICLES ]

[ CASELLA ]

[ SHAKSPEARE ]

[ HAFIZ ]

[ NATURE IN LEASTS ]

[ TRANSLATIONS ]

[ SONNET OF MICHEL ANGELO BUONAROTTI ]

[ THE EXILE ]

[ FROM HAFIZ ]

[ EPITAPH ]

[ FRIENDSHIP ]

[ FROM OMAR KHAYYAM ]

[ FROM ALI BEN ABU TALEB ]

[ FROM IBN JEMIN ]

[ THE FLUTE ]

[ TO THE SHAH ]

[ TO THE SHAH ]

[ TO THE SHAH ]

[ SONG OF SEYD NIMETOLLAH OF KUHISTAN ]

[ V — APPENDIX ]

[ THE POET ]

[ FRAGMENTS ON THE POET AND THE POETIC GIFT ]

[ FRAGMENTS ON NATURE AND LIFE ]

[ NATURE ]

[ THE EARTH ]

[ THE HEAVENS ]

[ TRANSITION ]

[ THE GARDEN ]

[ BIRDS ]

[ WATER ]

[ NAHANT ]

[ SUNRISE ]

[ NIGHT IN JUNE ]

[ MAIA ]

[ LIFE ]

[ REX ]

[ SUUM CUIQUE ]

[ THE BOHEMIAN HYMN ]

[ GRACE ]

[ INSIGHT ]

[ PAN ]

[ MONADNOC FROM AFAR ]

[ SEPTEMBER ]

[ EROS ]

[ OCTOBER ]

[ PETER'S FIELD ]

[ MUSIC ]

[ THE WALK ]

[ COSMOS ]

[ THE MIRACLE ]

[ THE WATERFALL ]

[ WALDEN ]

[ THE ENCHANTER ]

[ WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF GOETHE ]

[ RICHES ]

[ PHILOSOPHER ]

[ INTELLECT ]

[ LIMITS ]

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

[ THE EXILE ]

[ VI — POEMS OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD ]

[ THE BELL ]

[ THOUGHT ]

[ PRAYER ]

[ TO-DAY ]

[ FAME ]

[ THE SUMMONS ]

[ THE RIVER ]

[ GOOD HOPE ]

[ LINES TO ELLEN ]

[ SECURITY ]

[ A MOUNTAIN GRAVE ]

[ A LETTER ]

[ HYMN ]

[ SELF-RELIANCE ]

[ WRITTEN IN NAPLES ]

[ WRITTEN AT ROME ]

[ WEBSTER ]

[ FROM THE PHI BETA KAPPA POEM ]

[ INDEX OF FIRST LINES ]

[ INDEX OF TITLES ]