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.

Narrator: Mark Bowen

Listening Length: 02:09:05