Today's episode looks at the poem "Goodbye" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 to 1882, was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher, widely regarded as the leading figure of the Transcendentalist movement, which emphasized individualism, intuition, and a deep connection to nature. "Good-Bye" is a reflective and introspective poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, written in 1839 and published in his 1847 collection "Poems", where he bids farewell to the bustle of society and embraces solitude and nature as sources of deeper truth.