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.