PoemsTHE HEAVENSReading editionChapter navigation223 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…POEMSPREFACEBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHGOOD-BYEEACH AND ALLTHE PROBLEMTO RHEATHE VISITURIELTHE WORLD-SOULTHE SPHINXALPHONSO OF CASTILEMITHRIDATESTO J.W.DESTINYGUYHAMATREYATHE RHODORA:THE HUMBLE-BEEBERRYINGTHE SNOW-STORMWOODNOTES IWOODNOTES IIMONADNOCFABLEODEASTRAEACOMPENSATIONFORBEARANCETHE PARKFORERUNNERSSURSUM CORDAODE TO BEAUTYGIVE ALL TO LOVETO ELLEN AT THE SOUTHTO ELLENTO EVALINESTHE VIOLETTHE AMULETTHINE EYES STILL SHINEDEROSHERMIONEINITIAL, DAEMONIC AND CELESTIAL LOVEII. THE DAEMONIC LOVEIII. THE CELESTIAL LOVETHE APOLOGYMERLIN IMERLIN IIBACCHUSMEROPSTHE HOUSESAADIHOLIDAYSXENOPHANESTHE DAY'S RATIONBLIGHTMUSKETAQUIDDIRGETHRENODYCONCORD HYMNMAY-DAYTHE ADIRONDACSBRAHMANEMESISFATEFREEDOMODEBOSTON HYMNVOLUNTARIESLOVE AND THOUGHTUNABOSTONLETTERSRUBIESMERLIN'S SONGTHE TESTSOLUTIONHYMNNATURE INATURE IITHE ROMANY GIRLDAYSMY GARDENTHE CHARTIST'S COMPLAINTTHE TITMOUSETHE HARPSEASHORESONG OF NATURETWO RIVERSWALDEINSAMKEITTERMINUSTHE NUN'S ASPIRATIONAPRILMAIDEN SPEECH OF THE AEOLIAN HARPCUPIDOTHE PASTTHE LAST FAREWELLIN MEMORIAM E.B.E.EXPERIENCECOMPENSATIONPOLITICSHEROISMCHARACTERCULTUREFRIENDSHIPSPIRITUAL LAWSBEAUTYMANNERSARTUNITYWORSHIPPRUDENCENATURETHE INFORMING SPIRITCIRCLESINTELLECTGIFTSPROMISECARITASPOWERWEALTHILLUSIONSQUATRAINSHUSH!ORATORARTISTPOETPOETBOTANISTGARDENERFORESTERNORTHMANFROM ALCUINEXCELSIORBORROWINGNATUREFATEHOROSCOPEPOWERCLIMACTERICHERI, CRAS, HODIEMEMORYLOVESACRIFICEPERICLESCASELLASHAKSPEAREHAFIZNATURE IN LEASTSSONNET OF MICHEL ANGELO BUONAROTTITHE EXILEFROM HAFIZEPITAPHFRIENDSHIPFROM OMAR KHAYYAMFROM ALI BEN ABU TALEBFROM IBN JEMINTHE FLUTETO THE SHAHTO THE SHAHTO THE SHAHSONG OF SEYD NIMETOLLAH OF KUHISTANTHE POETFRAGMENTS ON THE POET AND THE POETIC GIFTNATURETHE EARTHTHE HEAVENSTRANSITIONTHE GARDENBIRDSWATERNAHANTSUNRISENIGHT IN JUNEMAIALIFEREXSUUM CUIQUETHE BOHEMIAN HYMNGRACEINSIGHTPANMONADNOC FROM AFARSEPTEMBEREROSOCTOBERPETER'S FIELDMUSICTHE WALKCOSMOSTHE MIRACLETHE WATERFALLWALDENTHE ENCHANTERWRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF GOETHERICHESPHILOSOPHERINTELLECTLIMITSINSCRIPTION FOR A WELL IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF THE WARTHE EXILEVI — POEMS OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOODTHE BELLTHOUGHTPRAYERTO-DAYFAMETHE SUMMONSTHE RIVERGOOD HOPELINES TO ELLENSECURITYA MOUNTAIN GRAVEA LETTERHYMNSELF-RELIANCEWRITTEN IN NAPLESWRITTEN AT ROMEWEBSTERFROM THE PHI BETA KAPPA POEMINDEX OF FIRST LINESINDEX OF TITLESPrevious chapter ←THE EARTHNext chapter →TRANSITIONAll chapters and sections (223)POEMSPREFACEBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHGOOD-BYEEACH AND ALLTHE PROBLEMTO RHEATHE VISITURIELTHE WORLD-SOULTHE SPHINXALPHONSO OF CASTILEMITHRIDATESTO J.W.DESTINYGUYHAMATREYATHE RHODORA:THE HUMBLE-BEEBERRYINGTHE SNOW-STORMWOODNOTES IWOODNOTES IIMONADNOCFABLEODEASTRAEACOMPENSATIONFORBEARANCETHE PARKFORERUNNERSSURSUM CORDAODE TO BEAUTYGIVE ALL TO LOVETO ELLEN AT THE SOUTHTO ELLENTO EVALINESTHE VIOLETTHE AMULETTHINE EYES STILL SHINEDEROSHERMIONEINITIAL, DAEMONIC AND CELESTIAL LOVEII. THE DAEMONIC LOVEIII. THE CELESTIAL LOVETHE APOLOGYMERLIN IMERLIN IIBACCHUSMEROPSTHE HOUSESAADIHOLIDAYSXENOPHANESTHE DAY'S RATIONBLIGHTMUSKETAQUIDDIRGETHRENODYCONCORD HYMNMAY-DAYTHE ADIRONDACSBRAHMANEMESISFATEFREEDOMODEBOSTON HYMNVOLUNTARIESLOVE AND THOUGHTUNABOSTONLETTERSRUBIESMERLIN'S SONGTHE TESTSOLUTIONHYMNNATURE INATURE IITHE ROMANY GIRLDAYSMY GARDENTHE CHARTIST'S COMPLAINTTHE TITMOUSETHE HARPSEASHORESONG OF NATURETWO RIVERSWALDEINSAMKEITTERMINUSTHE NUN'S ASPIRATIONAPRILMAIDEN SPEECH OF THE AEOLIAN HARPCUPIDOTHE PASTTHE LAST FAREWELLIN MEMORIAM E.B.E.EXPERIENCECOMPENSATIONPOLITICSHEROISMCHARACTERCULTUREFRIENDSHIPSPIRITUAL LAWSBEAUTYMANNERSARTUNITYWORSHIPPRUDENCENATURETHE INFORMING SPIRITCIRCLESINTELLECTGIFTSPROMISECARITASPOWERWEALTHILLUSIONSQUATRAINSHUSH!ORATORARTISTPOETPOETBOTANISTGARDENERFORESTERNORTHMANFROM ALCUINEXCELSIORBORROWINGNATUREFATEHOROSCOPEPOWERCLIMACTERICHERI, CRAS, HODIEMEMORYLOVESACRIFICEPERICLESCASELLASHAKSPEAREHAFIZNATURE IN LEASTSSONNET OF MICHEL ANGELO BUONAROTTITHE EXILEFROM HAFIZEPITAPHFRIENDSHIPFROM OMAR KHAYYAMFROM ALI BEN ABU TALEBFROM IBN JEMINTHE FLUTETO THE SHAHTO THE SHAHTO THE SHAHSONG OF SEYD NIMETOLLAH OF KUHISTANTHE POETFRAGMENTS ON THE POET AND THE POETIC GIFTNATURETHE EARTHTHE HEAVENSTRANSITIONTHE GARDENBIRDSWATERNAHANTSUNRISENIGHT IN JUNEMAIALIFEREXSUUM CUIQUETHE BOHEMIAN HYMNGRACEINSIGHTPANMONADNOC FROM AFARSEPTEMBEREROSOCTOBERPETER'S FIELDMUSICTHE WALKCOSMOSTHE MIRACLETHE WATERFALLWALDENTHE ENCHANTERWRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF GOETHERICHESPHILOSOPHERINTELLECTLIMITSINSCRIPTION FOR A WELL IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF THE WARTHE EXILEVI — POEMS OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOODTHE BELLTHOUGHTPRAYERTO-DAYFAMETHE SUMMONSTHE RIVERGOOD HOPELINES TO ELLENSECURITYA MOUNTAIN GRAVEA LETTERHYMNSELF-RELIANCEWRITTEN IN NAPLESWRITTEN AT ROMEWEBSTERFROM THE PHI BETA KAPPA POEMINDEX OF FIRST LINESINDEX OF TITLESWisp and meteor nightly falling, But the Stars of God remain.◇← THE EARTHTRANSITION →