Essays and Poems of EmersonHarcourt, Brace, 1921 - 525 pages |
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... leaving him a sweet and unfading memory of her fragile loveliness . After he had served his parish acceptably for three years , he felt obliged to an- nounce , in 1832 , that he was no longer able to administer the sacrament of ...
... leaving him a sweet and unfading memory of her fragile loveliness . After he had served his parish acceptably for three years , he felt obliged to an- nounce , in 1832 , that he was no longer able to administer the sacrament of ...
Page xvii
... leaves us is not , " Henceforth be master- less , " but " Bear thou henceforth the sceptre of thine own control through life and the passion of life . " III Religious emancipation as conducted by Emerson makes a man not less but more ...
... leaves us is not , " Henceforth be master- less , " but " Bear thou henceforth the sceptre of thine own control through life and the passion of life . " III Religious emancipation as conducted by Emerson makes a man not less but more ...
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... leave out the sky . " This is the sunny mockery of one who was both a poet and a solid man . Emerson wove a net for casting in fathomless seas and brought home his catches by ways un- known to the fishermen ; but this did not prevent ...
... leave out the sky . " This is the sunny mockery of one who was both a poet and a solid man . Emerson wove a net for casting in fathomless seas and brought home his catches by ways un- known to the fishermen ; but this did not prevent ...
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... the ultimate foot : Spirit , that made those heroes dare To die , and leave their children free , Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee . The popular taste in poetry , as is proved by INTRODUCTION xli.
... the ultimate foot : Spirit , that made those heroes dare To die , and leave their children free , Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee . The popular taste in poetry , as is proved by INTRODUCTION xli.
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... ( leaving me my eyes ) , which nature cannot repair . Stand- ing on the bare ground- my head bathed by the blithe air , and uplifted into infinite space - all mean egotism vanishes . I become a transparent eyeball ; I am nothing ; I see ...
... ( leaving me my eyes ) , which nature cannot repair . Stand- ing on the bare ground- my head bathed by the blithe air , and uplifted into infinite space - all mean egotism vanishes . I become a transparent eyeball ; I am nothing ; I see ...
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ESSAYS & POEMS OF EMERSON Ralph Waldo 1803-1882 Emerson,Stuart Pratt 1881-1926 Sherman No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 470 - IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; /...,'..'. The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
Page 29 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Page 150 - Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
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Page 155 - If you maintain a dead church, contribute to a dead Bible-society, vote with a great party either for the Government or against it, spread your table like base housekeepers, — under all these screens, I have difficulty to detect the precise man you are. And, of course, so much force is withdrawn from your proper life. But do your thing, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.
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