Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EMERSON, ON HIS 77TH BIRTHDAY, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! What to him our trivial praise or blame Last Line: Flashed the white splendor of god's grace from heaven? Subject(s): Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) | ||||||||
AH! what to him our trivial praise or blame, Who through long years hath raised half-mournful eyes Yearning to mark some heaven-descended flame Light his soul's altar rife with sacrifice? The offering of far thoughts, profound as prayer, And starry dreams, still rhythmical of youth, With travail of brain that pants for loftier air, To the veiled mystery of immaculate Truth: No Orient seer -- wild woodlands, 'round him furled, -- Building his shrine 'mid virginal vales apart, E'er watched and waited in the antique world, For fire divine, with more ethereal heart! Can life's supreme oblations still remain All undiscerned? or hath some marvellous levin Hallowed his gift, and down his rifted pain Flashed the white splendor of God's grace from heaven? | 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 STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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