English Poetry. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Eros. Ральф Уолдо Эмерсон.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (Ральф Уолдо Эмерсон)

Eros

The sense of the world is short, -
Long and various the report, -
To love and be beloved;
Men and gods have not outlearned it;
And, how oft soe'er they've turned it,
'Tis not to be improved.

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s other poems:

1. Terminus
2. Threnody
3. Bacchus
4. Grace
5. Concord Hymn

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Coventry Patmore (Ковентри Патмор (Пэтмор)) Eros (“Bright thro’ the valley gallops the brooklet”)

Robert Bridges (Роберт Бриджес) Eros (“Why hast thou nothing in thy face?”)

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