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Poems
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
1.
I POEMS
2.
II MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES
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III ELEMENTS AND MOTTOES
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IV QUATRAINS AND TRANSLATIONS
A. H.
HUSH!
ORATOR
ARTIST
POET
POET
BOTANIST
GARDENER
FORESTER
NORTHMAN
FROM ALCUIN
EXCELSIOR
S. H.
BORROWING
NATURE
FATE
HOROSCOPE
POWER
CLIMACTERIC
HERI, CRAS, HODIE
MEMORY
LOVE
SACRIFICE
PERICLES
CASELLA
SHAKSPEARE
HAFIZ
NATURE IN LEASTS
ΑΔΑΚΡΥΝ ΝΕΜΟΝΤΑΙ ΑΙΩΝΑ
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V APPENDIX
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VI POEMS OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD 1823–1834
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[As the drop feeds its fated flower]
As
the drop feeds its fated flower,
As finds its Alp the snowy shower,
Child of the omnific Need,
Hurled into life to do a deed,
Man drinks the water, drinks the light.
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