Poems

"Good-bye, proud world! I'm going home"—a poignant farewell to society’s superficiality, from flattering faces to the cold ambition of wealth and power. Tired of the crowded, soulless streets and the relentless pace of modern life, this declaration heralds a return to a simpler, more authentic existence. Set against the backdrop of a secluded grove, a sanctuary untouched by societal pretense, this journey home symbolizes a yearning for truth and connection with the divine, away from the world’s clamor.

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About the Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good-bye, proud world! I'm going home:

Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine.

Long through thy weary crowds I roam;

A river-ark on the ocean brine,

Long I've been tossed like the driven foam:

But now, proud world! I'm going home.

Good-bye to Flattery's fawning face;

To Grandeur with his wise grimace;

To upstart Wealth's averted eye;

To supple Office, low and high;

To crowded halls, to court and street;

To frozen hearts and hasting feet;

To those who go, and those who come;

Good-bye, proud world! I'm going home.

I am going to my own hearth-stone,

Bosomed in yon green hills alone,—

secret nook in a pleasant land,

Whose groves the frolic fairies planned;

Where arches green, the livelong day,

Echo the blackbird's roundelay,

And vulgar feet have never trod

A spot that is sacred to thought and God.

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