Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RALPH WALDO EMERSON, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: His soul was one with nature everywhere Last Line: What heavenly glories opened on his sight? Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) | ||||||||
HIS soul was one with Nature everywhere; Her seer and prophet and interpreter, He waited in her courts for love of her, And told the secrets that he gathered there, -- What flight the wild birds dared; why flowers were fair; The sense of that divine, tumultuous stir When Spring awakes, and all sweet things confer, And youth and hope and joy are in the air. Do the winds miss him, and the fields he knew, And the far stars that watched him night by night, Looking from out their steadfast dome of blue To lead him onward with their tranquil light; Or do they know what gates he wandered through, What heavenly glories opened on his sight? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE GROVE PRESS by ANTHONY HECHT ON LOVE: RALPH WALDO EMERSON by EDWARD HIRSCH HOMAGE TO EMERSON, ON NIGHT FLIGHT TO NEW YORK: 1. HIS SMILE by ROBERT PENN WARREN HOMAGE TO EMERSON, ON NIGHT FLIGHT TO NEW YORK: 2. THE WART by ROBERT PENN WARREN HOMAGE TO EMERSON, ON NIGHT FLIGHT TO NEW YORK: 3. THE SPIDER by ROBERT PENN WARREN HOMAGE TO EMERSON, ON NIGHT FLIGHT TO NEW YORK: 4. ONE DRUNK ALLEGORY by ROBERT PENN WARREN HOMAGE TO EMERSON, ON NIGHT FLIGHT TO NEW YORK: 5. MULTIPLICATION by ROBERT PENN WARREN HOMAGE TO EMERSON, ON NIGHT FLIGHT TO NEW YORK: 6. WIND by ROBERT PENN WARREN A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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