Poems by Henry David Thoreau
Smoke
... Go thou my incense upward from this hearth, ...
Within the Circuit of This Plodding Life
... Which now through all its course stands still and dumb ...
My life has been the poem
... My life has been the poem I would have writ, ...
Friendship
... Resistlessly. ________________________________Two sturdy oaks I mean, which side by side, ...
Conscience
... That makes the universe no worse than 't finds it ...
The Moon
... --RaleighThe full-orbed moon with unchanged ray ...
Inspiration
... ___________________ Fame cannot tempt the bard ...
The Summer Rain
... This bed of herd's grass and wild oats was spread ...
Epitaph On The World
... This golden youth long since was past, ...
Prayer
... They may not dream how thou'st distinguished me ...
Indeed, indeed, I cannot tell
... Surely, surely, thou wilt trust me ...
I am the autumnal sun
... within him, and he becomes immortal with her ...
I Knew A Man By Sight
... Stranger and foe, one day each other know ...
What's the Railroad to Me
... Where it ends. It fills a few hollows, ...
Pray to What Earth
... Under the hedge, where drift banks are their screen, ...