Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson Table of Contents Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson...................................................................................................................1 Ralph Waldo Emerson...................................................................................................................................1 LIFE OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON.......................................................................................................2 POEMS.....................................................................................................................................................................14 THE SPHYNX.............................................................................................................................................14 EACH AND ALL........................................................................................................................................17 THE PROBLEM..........................................................................................................................................18 TO RHEA....................................................................................................................................................20 THE VISIT...................................................................................................................................................22 URIEL..........................................................................................................................................................23 THE WORLD−SOUL..................................................................................................................................24 ALPHONSO OF CASTILE.........................................................................................................................26 MITHRIDATES...........................................................................................................................................28 TO J. W........................................................................................................................................................29 FATE............................................................................................................................................................30 GUY.............................................................................................................................................................31 TACT...........................................................................................................................................................32 HAMATREYA............................................................................................................................................33 GOOD−BY..................................................................................................................................................34 THE RHODORA.........................................................................................................................................35 THE HUMBLEBEE....................................................................................................................................35 BERRYING.................................................................................................................................................37 THE SNOW−STORM.................................................................................................................................37 WOOD NOTES. I........................................................................................................................................38 WOOD NOTES. II.......................................................................................................................................41 MONADNOC..............................................................................................................................................49 FABLE.........................................................................................................................................................58 ODE, Inscribed to William H. Channing.....................................................................................................58 ASTRAEA...................................................................................................................................................61 ETIENNE DE LA BOƒCE..........................................................................................................................62 "SUUM CUIQUE."......................................................................................................................................62 COMPENSATION......................................................................................................................................63 FORBEARANCE........................................................................................................................................63 THE PARK..................................................................................................................................................63 THE FORERUNNERS................................................................................................................................64 "SURSUM CORDA."..................................................................................................................................65 ODE TO BEAUTY......................................................................................................................................65 GIVE ALL TO LOVE.................................................................................................................................67 TO ELLEN, AT THE SOUTH....................................................................................................................68 TO EVA.......................................................................................................................................................69 THE AMULET............................................................................................................................................70 EROS...........................................................................................................................................................70 HERMIONE.................................................................................................................................................71 ODE. I. INITIAL LOVE..............................................................................................................................72 ODE II. THE DAEMONIC AND THE CELESTIAL LOVE.....................................................................76 THE APOLOGY..........................................................................................................................................81 MERLIN. I...................................................................................................................................................82 MERLIN. II..................................................................................................................................................84 i Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson Table of Contents Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson BACCHUS...................................................................................................................................................85 LOSS AND GAIN.......................................................................................................................................86 MEROPS......................................................................................................................................................87 THE HOUSE................................................................................................................................................87 SAADI.........................................................................................................................................................88 HOLIDAYS.................................................................................................................................................92 PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.................................................................................................................92 FROM THE PERSIAN OF HAFIZ.............................................................................................................93 FROM THE PERSIAN OF HAFIZ.............................................................................................................96 XENOPHANES...........................................................................................................................................97 THE DAY'S RATION.................................................................................................................................97 BLIGHT.......................................................................................................................................................98 MUSKETAQUID........................................................................................................................................99 DIRGE.......................................................................................................................................................101