studied his friend's poems and tried him by his own test (though he by no means admits this as the only one): "Shall we rank Emerson among the great. poets or not? "The great poets are judged by the frame of mind which they induce; and to them, of all men, the severest criticism is due.' "These are Emerson's words in the Preface to Parnassus. His own poems will stand the test as well as any in the language." The case is not closed. In this volume the course of the Muse, as Emerson tells it, is sued with regard to his own poems. I hang my verses in the wind, Time and tide their faults will find. March 12, 1904. pur EDWARD W. EMERSON. INITIAL, DÆMONIC AND CELESTIAL LOVE I. THE INITIAL LOVE II. THE DÆMONIC LOVE III. THE CELESTIAL LOVE THE APOLOGY MERLIN I MERLIN II BACCHUS MEROPS THE HOUSE SAADI HOLIDAYS XENOPHANES THE DAY'S RATION BLIGHT MUSKETAQUID DIRGE THRENODY CONCORD HYMN MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES 99 100 100 103 109 114 119 120 123 125 127 128 129 136 137 138 139 141 145 148 158 163 182 195 196 197 MAY-DAY THE ADIRONDACS BRAHMA NEMESIS FATE FREEDOM ODE BOSTON HYMN VOLUNTARIES 198 199 201 205 |