The Poet (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"The Poet" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, written between 1841-1843 and published in his "Essays, Second Series." It is not about "men of poetical talents, or of industry and skill in meter, but of the true poet."

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The final lines in the essay are, "Wherever snow falls or water flows or birds fly, wherever day and night meet in twilight, wherever the blue heaven is hung by clouds or sown with stars, wherever are forms with transparent boundaries, wherever are outlets into celestial space, wherever is danger, and awe, and love,--there is Beauty, plenteous as rain, shed for thee, and though thou shouldest walk the world over, thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble."

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