Poems Household Edition

Excerpt

“This volume contains nearly all the pieces included in the POEMS and
MAY-DAY of former editions.  In 1876, Mr. Emerson published a selection
from his Poems, adding six new ones and omitting many[1].  Of those
omitted, several are now restored, in accordance with the expressed
wishes of many readers and lovers of them.  Also some pieces never
before published are here given in an Appendix; on various grounds. 
Some of them appear to have had Mr. Emerson’s approval, but to have
been withheld because they were unfinished.  These it seemed best not to
suppress, now that they can never receive their completion.  Others,
mostly of an early date, remained unpublished, doubtless because of
their personal and private nature.  Some of these seem to have an
autobiographic interest sufficient to justify their publication.  Others
again, often mere fragments, have been admitted as characteristic, or
as expressing in poetic form thoughts found in the Essays.