Salmon Brook

Salmon Brook by Henry David Thoreau

from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

     Salmon Brook,
     Penichook,
     Ye sweet waters of my brain,
     When shall I look,
     Or cast the hook,
     In your waves again?

     Silver eels,
     Wooden creels,
     These the baits that still allure,
     And dragon-fly
     That floated by,
     May they still endure?

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.