Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRAGMENTS ON THE POET AND THE POETIC GIFT, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are beggars in iran and araby Last Line: Fenced by form and ceremony. | ||||||||
There are beggars in Iran and Araby, Said was hungrier than all; Men said he was a fly That came to every festival, Also he came to the mosque In trail of camel and caravan, Out from Mecca to Isphaban; -- Northward he went to the snowy hills, -- At court he sat in the grave divan. His music was the south wind's sigh, His lamp the maiden's downcast eye, And ever the spell of beauty came And turned the drowsy world to flame. By lake and stream and gleaming hall, And modest copse, and the forest tall, Where'er he went the magic guide Kept its place by the poet's side. Tell me the world is a talisman, To read it must be the art of man; Said melted the days in cups like pearl, Served high and low, the lord and the churl; Loved harebells nodding on a rock, A cabin hung with curling smoke, And huts and tents, nor loved he less Stately lords in palaces, Fenced by form and ceremony. | 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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