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1817 –. 1862. My love must be as free. As is the eagle’s wing, Hovering o’er land and sea. And everything. I must not dim my eye. In thy saloon, I must not leave my sky.
Poems by Henry David Thoreau: All Things Are Current Found » Away! Conscience » Epitaph On The World » Free Love » Friendship » I Am A Parcel Of Vain Striving Tied » I Am The Autumnal Sun » I Knew A Man By Sight » Indeed, indeed, I cannot tell » Inspiration » Let such pure hate still underprop » Low Anchored Cloud Mist » Pray to What Earth »
Henry David Thoreau about Love - selected poems from the ingenius author.
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by Henry D. Thoreau. MY love must be as free. As is the eagle's wing, Hovering o'er land and sea. And every thing. I must not dim my eye. In thy saloon, I must not leave my sky. And nightly moon.
- I Was Made Erect and Lone. ‘I Was Made Erect and Lone’ by Henry David Thoreau is a poem about trusting in your own individual autonomy. This is probably not the most well-known poem by Henry David Thoreau, but it is a powerfully succinct one about some of Transcendentalism's core tenets.
- Friendship. ‘Friendship’ is about the love Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson had for one another. This poem describes the nature of true devotion and how two souls are tied in a bond of love, goodness, and truthfulness.
- Indeed, Indeed I Cannot Tell. Thoreau’s ‘Indeed, Indeed I cannot Tell’ was written about Ellen Sewall. This piece manages to relate with almost every living human being and communicates a feeling that is familiar for many.
- My life has been the poem I would have writ. ‘My life has been the poem I would have writ’ is a simple two-line work, but within those two lines, contains many subtle grammar.
Henry David Thoreau’s poem ‘Friendship’ is a beautiful depiction of the definition of a relationship that exists between two friends. To describe this tie, Thoreau delves deeper into the meaning of love. By the end of this piece, he describes him and his dearest friend, Emerson, as “Two sturdy oaks”.
Henry David Thoreau is recognized as an important contributor to the American literary and philosophical movement known as New England transcendentalism. His essays, books, and poems weave together two central themes over the course of his intellectual career: nature and the conduct of life.
