Poetic Openings : Ralph Waldo Emerson to Ralph Waldo Emerson

Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Fate : First Line : That you are fair or wise is vain,
Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Forebearance : First Line : Hast thou named all the birds without a gun;
Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Give All To Love : First Line : Give all to love;
Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Good-by : First Line : Good-by, proud world, I’m going home,
Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Initial Love : First Line : Venus, when her son was lost,

Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Loss And Gain : First Line : Virtue runs before the muse
Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Merlin I : First Line : Thy trivial harp will never please
Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Merlin Ii : First Line : The rhyme of the poet
Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Merops : First Line : What care I, so they stand the same,—
Poet : Ralph Waldo Emerson : Poem : Mithridates : First Line : I cannot spare water or wine,