Henry David Thoreau

Poems (4)

• Inspiration

  If with light head erect I sing, / Though all the Muses lend their force, …

• Mist

  Low-anchored cloud, / Newfoundland air, …

• Smoke

  Light-winged smoke! Icarian bird, / Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight; …

• The Fisher's Boy

  My life is like a stroll upon the beach, / As near the ocean’s edge as I can go; …