May-Day and Other Pieces

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. 

Collection of poems by the American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century. He is often identified as the first writer to develop a uniquely American literary style and vision, rather than following in the footsteps of his contemporaries who were strongly influenced by their British cultural heritage. He was considered one of the great orators of the time. His outspoken, uncompromising support for abolitionism later in life caused protest and jeers from crowds when he spoke on the subject. He formulated and first expressed the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his essay Nature (1836) which was the first significant work to establish this new way of looking at the Americas and its raw, natural environment. 

Contents:

MAY-DAY

THE ADIRONDACS

A JOURNAL

DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW TRAVELLERS IN AUGUST, 1858

BRAHMA

NEMESIS

FATE

FREEDOM

ODE SUNG IN THE TOWN HALL, CONCORD, JULY 4, 1857

BOSTON HYMN READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863

VOLUNTARIES

LOVE AND THOUGHT

UNA

BOSTON

GOD WITH THE FATHERS, SO WITH US,

LETTERS

RUBIES

MERLIN’S SONG

THE TEST

SOLUTION

HYMN SUNG AT THE SECOND CHURCH, AT THE ORDINATION OF REV. CHANDLER ROBBINS

NATURE I

NATURE II

THE ROMANY GIRL

DAYS

MY GARDEN

THE CHARTIST’S COMPLAINT

THE TITMOUSE

THE HARP

SEASHORE

SONG OF NATURE

TWO RIVERS

WALDEINSAMKEIT

TERMINUS

THE NUN’S ASPIRATION

APRIL

MAIDEN SPEECH OF THE AEOLIAN HARP

CUPIDO

THE PAST

THE LAST FAREWELL

IN MEMORIAM E. B. E.