Akirill.com

Poem: “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Download PDF

American Literature – American Poetry – Ralph Waldo Emerson – Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson
< < < Self-Reliance
Written in Naples, March, 1883 > > >

Self-Reliance

And when I am entombed in my place,
Be it remembered of a single man,
He never, though he dearly loved his race,
For fear of human eyes swerved from his plan.

Oh what is Heaven but the fellowship
Of minds that each can stand against the world
By its own meek and incorruptible will?

The days pass over me
And I am still the same;
The aroma of my life is gone
With the flower with which it came.

1833.

< < < Self-Reliance
Written in Naples, March, 1883 > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Ralph Waldo Emerson – Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Copyright holders –  Public Domain

If you liked this article, subscribe , put likes, write comments!

Share on social networks

Visit us on Facebook or Twitter

Check out Our Latest Posts

© 2024 Akirill.com – All Rights Reserved

Leave a comment