Ralph Waldo Emerson ... the town. Emerson was living in Concord in 1837, when he drafted new words to the tune of a well-known Protestant hymn, "Old Hundredth." Emerson's poem, first sung at ...

Courtesy: Library of Congress A Literary Giant Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was renowned in his day as one of the pre ... cut out the more overtly sexual poems, but, even after hearing the ...

Even those of us who enjoy Ralph Waldo Emerson will apologize for his poetry. His essays—most of ... Reviewing May-Day and Other Pieces (1867), from which I’ve drawn my examples, William ...