The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poems [Vol. 9]

CONTENTS

POEMS

• GOOD-BYE 3
• EACH AND ALL 4
• THE PROBLEM 6
• TO RHEA 9
• THE VISIT 12
• URIEL 13
• THE WORLD-SOUL 15
• THE SPHINX 20
• ALPHONSO OF CASTILE 25
• MITHRIDATES 28
• TO J. W. 29
• DESTINY 31
• GUY 33
• HAMATREYA 35
• THE RHODORA 37
• THE HUMBLE-BEE 38
• BERRYING 41
• THE SNOW-STORM 41
• WOODNOTES I 43
• WOODNOTES II 48
• MONADNOC 60
• FABLE 75
• ODE 76
• ASTRAEA 80
• ÉTIENNE DE LA BOÉCE 82
• COMPENSATION 83
• FORBEARANCE 83
• THE PARK 84
• FORERUNNERS 85
• SURSUM CORDA 86
• ODE TO BEAUTY 87
• GIVE ALL TO LOVE 90
• TO ELLEN AT THE SOUTH 93
• ...

• TO ELLEN 94
• TO EVA 95
• LINES 96
• THE VIOLET 97
• THE AMULET 98
• THINE EYES STILL SHINED 99
• EROS 100
• HERMIONE 100
• INITIAL, DAEMONIC AND CELESTIAL LOVE
• I. THE INITIAL LOVE 103
• II. THE DAEMONIC LOVE 109
• III. THE CELESTIAL LOVE 114
• THE APOLOGY 119
• MERLIN I 120
• MERLIN II 123
• BACCHUS 125
• MEROPS 127
• THE HOUSE 128
• SAADI 129
• HOLIDAYS 136
• XENOPHANES 137
• THE DAY'S RATION 138
• BLIGHT 139
• MUSKETAQUID 141
• DIRGE 145
• THRENODY 148
• CONCORD HYMN 158

MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES

• MAY-DAY 163
• THE ADIRONDACS 182
• BRAHMA 195
• NEMESIS 196
• FATE 197
• FREEDOM 198
• ODE 199
• BOSTON HYMN 201
• VOLUNTARIES 205
• ...

• LOVE AND THOUGHT 210
• UNA 210
• BOSTON 212
• LETTERS 217
• RUBIES 217
• MERLIN'S SONG 218
• THE TEST 220
• SOLUTION 220
• HYMN 223
• NATURE I 225
• NATURE II 226
• THE ROMANY GIRL 227
• DAYS 228
• MY GARDEN 229
• THE CHARTIST'S COMPLAINT 232
• THE TITMOUSE 233
• THE HARP 237
• SEASHORE 242
• SONG OF NATURE 244
• TWO RIVERS 248
• WALDEINSAMKEIT 249
• TERMINUS 251
• THE NUN'S ASPIRATION 253
• APRIL 255
• MAIDEN SPEECH OF THE AEOLIAN HARP 256
• CUPIDO 257
• THE PAST 257
• THE LAST FAREWELL 258
• IN MEMORIAM E. B. E. 261

ELEMENTS AND MOTTOES

• EXPERIENCE 269
• COMPENSATION 270
• POLITICS 271
• HEROISM 272
• CHARACTER 273
• CULTURE 273
• FRIENDSHIP 274
• ...

• SPIRITUAL LAWS 275
• BEAUTY 275
• MANNERS 276
• ART 277
• UNITY 279
• WORSHIP 279
• PRUDENCE 280
• NATURE 281
• THE INFORMING SPIRIT 282
• CIRCLES 282
• INTELLECT 283
• GIFTS 283
• PROMISE 283
• CARITAS 284
• POWER 284
• WEALTH 285
• ILLUSIONS 287

QUATRAINS AND TRANSLATIONS

• QUATRAINS 291
• TRANSLATIONS 298

APPENDIX

• THE POET 309
• FRAGMENTS ON THE POET AND THE POETIC
• GIFT 320
• FRAGMENTS ON NATURE AND LIFE NATURE
• NATURE 335
• LIFE 349
• THE BOHEMIAN HYMN 359
• GRACE 359
• INSIGHT 360
• PAN 360
• MONADNOC FROM AFAR 361
• SEPTEMBER 361
• EROS 362
• OCTOBER 362
• PETER'S FIELD 363
• MUSIC 365
• ...

• THE WALK 366
• COSMOS 366
• THE MIRACLE 368
• THE WATERFALL 369
• WALDEN 370
• THE ENCHANTER 372
• WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF GOETHE 373
• RICHES 374
• PHILOSOPHER 374
• INTELLECT 375
• LIMITS 375
• INSCRIPTION FOR A WELL IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF THE WAR 376
• THE EXILE 376

POEMS OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD

• THE BELL 379
• THOUGHT 380
• PRAYER 380
• TO-DAY 382
• FAME 383
• THE SUMMONS 384
• THE RIVER 385
• GOOD HOPE 387
• LINES TO ELLEN 387
• SECURITY 388
• A MOUNTAIN GRAVE 390
• A LETTER 391
• HYMN 393
• SELF-RELIANCE 394
• WRITTEN IN NAPLES 395
• WRITTEN AT ROME 396
• WEBSTER 398

• NOTES 401

• INDEX OF FIRST LINES 519

• INDEX OF TITLES 527