The Poet’s Delay by Henry David Thoreau IN vain I see the morning rise, In vain observe the western blaze, Who idly look to other skies, Expecting life by other ways. Amidst such boundless wealth witho
Song of Nature by Henry David Thoreau Mine are the night and morning, The pits of air, the gull of space The sportive sun, the gibbous moon The innumerable days. I hide in the solar glory,
Winter Memories by Henry David Thoreau Within the circuit of this ploddin There enter moments of an azure hu Untarnished fair as is the violet Or anemone, when the spring stew t By some meandering rivulet, which
Great God, I Ask for No Meaner Pelf by Henry David Thoreau Great God, I ask for no meaner pe Than that I may not disappoint my That in my action I may soar as h As I can now discern with this cl And next in value, which thy kindn
The Fisher’s Boy by Henry David Thoreau MY life is like a stroll upon the As near the ocean’s edge as I c My tardy steps its waves sometimes Sometimes I stay to let them over My sole employment is, and scrupul
Nature by Henry David Thoreau O Nature! I do not aspire To be the highest in thy choir, - To be a meteor in thy sky, Or comet that may range on high; Only a zephyr that may blow
The Summer Rain by Henry David Thoreau My books I’d fain cast off, I can ‘Twixt every page my thoughts go s Down in the meadow, where is riche And will not mind to hit their pro Plutarch was good, and so was Hom
Like a Soul by Henry David Thoreau Sending In delinquency To disappoint The amber of water At a high soul
Prayer by Henry David Thoreau Great God, I ask for no meaner pe Than that I may not disappoint my That in my action I may soar as h As I can now discern with this cl And next in value, which thy kindn
Low-Anchored Cloud by Henry David Thoreau Low-anchored cloud, Newfoundland air, Fountain-head and source of rivers Dew-cloth, dream-drapery, And napkin spread by fays;
