Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDEALISM, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Deep in the soul a strong delusion dwells Last Line: Joy in the guileless heart his welcome will prepare Subject(s): Idealism | ||||||||
Deep in the soul a strong delusion dwells, A curious round of fairly fashioned dreams; Yet quietly, the pleasant vision swells Its gay proportions far around; the streams Of the wide universe their wealth supply, Their everlasting sources furnish forth The fabled splendours, whose immortal dye Colours the scene with hues which mock the summer sky And oh how sweetly, in youth's seraph soul, That vision, like the light of heaven, doth rest Its name is Life; its Hours their circle roll Like angels in the robes of morning drest; And every phantom of the train is blest Who shakes his plumes upon the odorous air, Or lights a star upon his azure crest And while the lovely beam reposes there Joy in the guileless heart his welcome will prepare | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO STUDIES IN IDEALISM: 2. HARVARD '61: BATTLE FATIGUE by ROBERT PENN WARREN TO A FRIEND, WITH A VOLUME OF VERSES by MATHILDE BLIND VERSES ON DANGER OF ATTACHING WRONG IDEAS TO WORDS OR EPITHETS by JOHN BYROM PHI BETA KAPPA POEM; HARVARD, 1914 by BLISS CARMAN IDEALISTS by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG LETTER TO A PURIST by SYLVIA PLATH AN IDEALIST by CALE YOUNG RICE TO THE IDEAL by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER |
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