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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Culture
CultureCan rules or tutors educate The semigod whom we await? He must be musical, Tremulous, impressional, Alive to gentle influence Of landscape and of sky, And tender to the spirit-touch Of…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Cupido
CupidoThe solid, solid universe Is pervious to Love; With bandaged eyes he never errs, Around, below, above. His blinding light He flingeth white On God's and Satan's brood, And reconciles By…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Days
DaysDaughters of Time, the hypocritic Days, Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes, And marching single in an endless file, Bring diadems and fagots in their hands. To each they offer gifts…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Destiny
DestinyThat you are fair or wise is vain, Or strong, or rich, or generous; You must add the untaught strain That sheds beauty on the rose. There's a melody born of melody, Which melts the…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Dirge
DirgeConcord, 1838I reached the middle of the mount Up which the incarnate soul must climb, And paused for them, and looked around, With me who walked through space and time. Five rosy…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Epitaph
EpitaphBethink, poor heart, what bitter kind of jest Mad Destiny this tender stripling played; For a warm breast of maiden to his breast, She laid a slab of marble on his head. They say,…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Eros
ErosThey put their finger on their lip, The Powers above: The seas their islands clip, The moons in ocean dip, They love, but name not love.Ralph Waldo Emerson: Experience
ExperienceThe lords of life, the lords of life,— I saw them pass In their own guise, Like and unlike, Portly and grim,— Use and Surprise, Surface and Dream, Succession swift and spectral…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…Trending
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