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Essays — Second Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 133 pages

Essays: Second Series is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the American transcendentalist tradition, with pieces such as "The Poet" and "Experience" reflecting on art, nature, character and the life of the spirit. Emerson writes in a thoughtful, figurative style, urging readers to seek their own path toward inner freedom. They are worth hearing for their calm, encouraging tone and the questions they leave open.

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ESSAYS, SECOND SERIES
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contents
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THE POET.
A moody child and wildly wise
Pursued the game with joyful eyes,
Which chose, like meteors, their way,
And rived the dark with private ray:
They overleapt the horizon's edge,
Searched with Apollo's privilege;
Through man, and woman, and sea, and star
Saw the dance of nature forward far;
Through worlds, and races, and terms, and times
Saw musical order, and pairing rhymes.
Olympian bards who sung
Divine ideas below,

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Contents

  1. ESSAYS, SECOND SERIES
  2. Contents
  3. I. THE POET.
  4. II. EXPERIENCE.
  5. III. CHARACTER.
  6. IV. MANNERS.
  7. V. GIFTS.
  8. VI. NATURE.
  9. VII. POLITICS.
  10. VIII. NONIMALIST AND REALIST.
  11. NEW ENGLAND REFORMERS.
  12. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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