Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRAGMENTS ON THE POET AND THE POETIC GIFT, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The gods walk in the breath of the woods Last Line: Whom kings & lords obey. | ||||||||
The gods walk in the breath of the woods They walk by the sounding pine, And fill the long reach of the old seashore With colloquy divine And the poet who overhears Each random word they say Is the prophet without peers Whom kings & lords obey. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOSTON HYMN; READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON DIRGE (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EACH AND [OR, IN] ALL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EROS (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON FABLE: THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON |
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