Poems of Nature (Thoreau)

by Henry David Thoreau

For works with similar titles, see Poems of Nature.

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

1. CONTENTS

2. PAGE

3. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xi

4. NATURE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

5. INSPIRATION ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   3

6. SIC VITA ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   10

7. THE FISHER'S BOY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   14

8. THE ATLANTIDES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   16

9. THE AURORA OF GUIDO ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   19

10. SYMPATHY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    21

11. FRIENDSHIP ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    26

12. TRUE KINDNESS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    31

13. TO THE MAIDEN IN THE EAST ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    32

14. FREE LOVE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    37

15. RUMOURS FROM AN ÆOLIAN HARP ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    39

16. LINES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    41

17. STANZAS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    43

18. A RIVER SCENE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    46

19. RIVER SONG ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    49

20. SOME TUMULTUOUS LITTLE RILL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    50

21. BOAT SONG ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    51

22. TO MY BROTHER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    52

23. STANZAS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    56

24. THE INWARD MORNING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    58

25. GREECE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    61

26. THE FUNERAL BELL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    62

27. THE SUMMER RAIN ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    64

28. MIST ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    68

29. SMOKE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    69

30. HAZE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    70

31. THE MOON ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    71

32. THE VIREO ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    72

33. THE POET'S DELAY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    73

34. LINES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    74

35. NATURE'S CHILD ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    76

36. THE FALL OF THE LEAF ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    77

37. SMOKE IN WINTER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    82

38. WINTER MEMORIES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    84

39. STANZAS WRITTEN AT WALDEN ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    86

40. THE THAW ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    89

41. A WINTER SCENE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    90

42. THE CROW ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    93

43. TO A STRAY FOWL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    94

44. MOUNTAINS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    96

45. THE RESPECTABLE FOLKS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    103

46. POVERTY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    105

47. CONSCIENCE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    107

48. PILGRIMS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    110

49. THE DEPARTURE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    112

50. INDEPENDENCE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    116

51. DING DONG ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    119

52. MY PRAYER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    121