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Henry David Thoreau. 1817 –. 1862. Read poems by this poet. Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on July 12, 1817. He was introduced to the countryside at a young age, and this first contact with the natural world sparked a lifelong fascination.
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. The...
Inspiration. Henry David Thoreau. 1817 –. 1862. Whate’er we leave to God, God does, And blesses us; The work we choose should be our own, God leaves alone.
Nature. Henry David Thoreau. 1817 –. 1862. O Nature! I do not aspire. To be the highest in thy quire,— To be a meteor in the sky, Or comet that may range on high; Only a zephyr that may blow. Among the reeds by the river low; Give me thy most privy place. Where to run my airy race. In some withdrawn, unpublic mead. Let me sigh upon a reed,
A new laid egg—Now let the day decline— They’ll lay another by tomorrow’s sun. Source: Poets of the English Language (Viking Press, 1950) I’m thankful that my life doth not deceive.
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The snow-dust falls, The otter crawls, The partridge calls, Far in the wood. The traveller dreams, The tree-ice gleams, The blue-jay screams. In angry mood. The willows droop, The alders stoop, The pheasants group. Beneath the snow. The catkins green. Cast o'er the scene. A summer's sheen, A genial glow.
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