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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862 / Boston / United States)
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Thoreau was born in Massachusetts and after an education at Harvard became a school teacher with his brother in their home town of Concord, following .. more >>
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  Low-anchored cloud,
Newfoundland air,
Fountain head and source of rivers,
Dew-cloth, dream drapery,
And napkin spread by fays;
Drifting meadow of the air,
Where bloom the dasied banks and violets,
And in whose fenny labyrinth
The bittern booms and heron wades;
Spirit of the lake and seas and rivers,
Bear only purfumes and the scent
Of healing herbs to just men's fields!

Henry David Thoreau


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  Kevin Straw  (3/19/2009 8:12:00 AM)

Too many metaphors of which too many are inaccurate. And I'm not sure about the 'just men' - I thought the rain rained on the just and the unjust!
  Duncan Wyllie  (3/19/2007 3:41:00 PM)

Wonderful imagery, a tasteful write indeed, Love duncan X

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