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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Poet, Fragments on the Poet and the Poetic Gift (I)
IThere are beggars in Iran and Araby, SAID was hungrier than all; Hafiz said he was a fly That came to every festival. He came a pilgrim to the Mosque On trail of camel and caravan, Knew…Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Poet, Fragments on the Poet and the Poetic Gift (II)
IIThe Dervish whined to Said, "Thou didst not tarry while I prayed. Beware the fire that Eblis burned," But Saadi coldly thus returned, "Once with manlike love and fear I gave thee for an…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: Song of Seyd Nimetollah of Kuhistan
Song of Seyd Nimetollah of KuhistanAbstractAmong the religious customs of the dervishes is an astronomical dance, in which the dervish imitates the movements of the heavenly bodies,…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sonnet of Michel Angelo Buonarotti
Sonnet of Michel Angelo BuonarottiNever did sculptor's dream unfold A form which marble doth not hold In its white block; yet it therein shall find Only the hand secure and bold Which still…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Thine Eyes Still Shined
Thine Eyes Still ShinedThine eyes still shined for me, though far I lonely roved the land or sea: As I behold yon evening star, Which yet beholds not me. This morn I climbed the misty…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Ode (Inscribed to W. H. Channing)
OdeInscribed to W.H. ChanningThough loath to grieve The evil time's sole patriot, I cannot leave My honied thought For the priest's cant, Or statesman's rant. If I refuse My study for their…Britten, Benjamin, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh
(Encyclopedia) Britten, Benjamin, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, 1913–76, English composer. Britten's most characteristic expression is found in his vocal music, much of which was written for his…Capote, Truman
(Encyclopedia) Capote, TrumanCapote, Trumankäpōˈtē [key], 1924–84, American author, b. New Orleans as Truman Streckfus Persons. During his lifetime, the witty, diminutive writer was a well-known…New Thought
(Encyclopedia) New Thought, popular philosophical movement with religious implications; it affirms “the creative power of constructive thinking.” A successor of New England transcendentalism, New…Trending
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