# Poems of Nature (Thoreau)

POEMS OF NATURE
BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU
SELECTED AND EDITED BY HENRY S. SALT AND FRANK B. SANBORN
LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD BOSTON AND NEW YORK: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN & CO MDCCCXCV
* CONTENTS
* PAGE
* INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................xi
* NATURE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* INSPIRATION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
* SIC VITA................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
* THE FISHER'S BOY................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14
* THE ATLANTIDES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
* THE AURORA OF GUIDO................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
* SYMPATHY................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
* FRIENDSHIP................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
* TRUE KINDNESS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
* TO THE MAIDEN IN THE EAST................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32
* FREE LOVE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* RUMOURS FROM AN ÆOLIAN HARP................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* LINES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................41
* STANZAS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
* A RIVER SCENE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
* RIVER SONG................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
* SOME TUMULTUOUS LITTLE RILL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................50
* BOAT SONG................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................51
* TO MY BROTHER................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................52
* STANZAS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
* THE INWARD MORNING................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
* GREECE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
* THE FUNERAL BELL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
* THE SUMMER RAIN................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
* MIST................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68
* SMOKE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................69
* HAZE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
* THE MOON................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
* THE VIREO................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................72
* THE POET'S DELAY................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
* LINES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................74
* NATURE'S CHILD................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................76
* THE FALL OF THE LEAF................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................77
* SMOKE IN WINTER................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
* WINTER MEMORIES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
* STANZAS WRITTEN AT WALDEN................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86
* THE THAW................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................89
* A WINTER SCENE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................90
* THE CROW................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
* TO A STRAY FOWL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................94
* MOUNTAINS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
* THE RESPECTABLE FOLKS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................103
* POVERTY................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................105
* CONSCIENCE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................107
* PILGRIMS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................110
* THE DEPARTURE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................112
* INDEPENDENCE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................116
* DING DONG................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................119
* MY PRAYER................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................121
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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