Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY THOUGHTS, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Many are the thoughts that come to me Last Line: To their home elysian. Subject(s): Thought; Thinking | ||||||||
Many are the thoughts that come to me In my lonely musing; And they drift so strange and swift, There's no time for choosing Which to follow, for to leave Any, seems a losing. When they come, they come in flocks, As on glancing feather, Startled birds rise one by one In autumnal weather, Walking one another up From the sheltering heather. Some so merry that I laugh, Some are grave and serious, Some so trite, their least approach Is enough to weary us: -- Others flit like midnight ghosts, Shrouded and mysterious. There are thoughts that o'er me steal, Like the day when dawning; Great thoughts winged with melody Common utterance scorning, Moving in an inward tune, And an inward morning. Some have dark and drooping wings, Children all of sorrow; Some are as gay, as if today Could see no cloudy morrow, -- And yet, like light and shade, they each Must from the other borrow. One by one they come to me On their destined mission; One by one I see them fade With no hopeless vision; For they've led me on a step To their home Elysian. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MILLE ET UN SENTIMENTS (PREMIERS CENTS) by DENISE DUHAMEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON by CLARENCE MAJOR I BROOD ABOUT SOME CONCEPTS, FOR EXAMPLE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER EASY LESSONS IN GEOPHAGY by KENNETH REXROTH GENTLEMEN, I ADDRESS YOU PUBLICLY by KENNETH REXROTH ON FLOWER WREATH HILL: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH |
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