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Poems
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
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I POEMS
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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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[From the stores of eldest matter]
From
the stores of eldest matter,
The deep-eyed flame, obedient water,
Transparent air, all-feeding earth,
He took the flower of all their worth,
And, best with best in sweet consent,
Combined a new temperament.
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