Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LETTER, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear brother, would you know the life Last Line: And aim a telescope at the inviolate sun. Subject(s): Towns | ||||||||
Dear brother, would you know the life Please God, that I would lead? On the first wheels that quit this weary town Over yon western bridges I would ride And with a cheerful benison forsake Each street & spire & roof incontinent. Then would I seek where God might guide my steps, Deep in a woodland tract, a sunny farm, Amid the mountain counties, Hants Franklin Berks, Where down the rock ravine a river roars, Even from a brook, & where old woods Not tamed & cleared, cumber the ample ground With their centennial wrecks. Find me a slope where I can feel the sun And mark the rising of the early stars. There will I bring my books, my household gods, The reliquaries of my dead saint, & dwell In the sweet odor of her memory. There, in the uncouth solitude, unlock My stock of art, plant dials, in the grass, Hang in the air a bright thermometer, And aim a telescope at the inviolate Sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HAIL TEESSIDE! by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN by JAMES GALVIN A TOWN DEDICATED TO THE PURSUIT OF FITNESS & INNER PEACE by ANSELM HOLLO AN EXPLANATION by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON WHAT COULD HAPPEN by DORIANNE LAUX TRAVELOGUE: WHEN WE CONSIDER THE DARK LIGHT by ELENI SIKELIANOS |
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