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Born in May 25, 1803 / Died in April 27, 1882 / United States / English

Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Song of Nature

... Heat, cold, wet, dry, and peace, and pain ...

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To Rhea

... All grace, all good his great heart knows, ...

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Heroism

... And head-winds right for royal sails ...

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The Snowstorm

... Mockingly, On coop or kennel he hangs Parian wreaths ...

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Quatrains

... NATURE. Boon Nature yields each day a brag which we now first behold, ...

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Hymn: Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument, April 19, 1836

... e, or leave their children free,Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee ...

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Borrowing

... And the sharpest you still have survived ...

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Heri Cras Hodie

... SHINES the last age the next with hope is seen ...

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Ode to W. H. Channing

... -- The astonished Muse finds thousands at her side ...

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Poet

... For still the craft of genius is ...

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Sacrifice

... There came a voice without reply ¡ª ...

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Shakespeare

... Unmeasured still my Shakespeare sits ...