Friendship Poems

Friendship Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Biography
Emerson is credited with gradually moving away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, while formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature. As a result of this ground breaking work he gave a speech entitled The American Scholar... Continue reading Ralph Waldo Emerson Biography

Friendship
by Ralph Waldo Emerson A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs; The world uncertain comes and goes, The lover rooted stays. I fancied he was fled, And, after many a year, Glowed unexhausted kindliness Like daily sunrise there. My careful heart was... Continue reading Friendship

Tact
by Ralph Waldo Emerson What boots it, thy virtue, What profit thy parts, While one thing thou lackest, The art of all arts! The only credentials, Passport to success, Opens castle and parlor, Address, man, Address. The maiden in danger Was saved by the swain,... Continue reading Tact