Produced by Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) POEMS OF NATURE POEMS OF NATURE BY·HENRY·DAVID·THOREAU· SELECTED·AND·EDITED·BY·HENRY·S·SALT AND·FRANK·B·SANBORN BOSTON·AND·NEW·YORK: HOUGHTON·MIFFLIN & CO· LONDON: JOHN·LANE· THE·BODLEY·HEAD· MDCCCXCV. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION xi NATURE 1 INSPIRATION 3 SIC VITA 10 THE FISHER’S BOY 14 THE ATLANTIDES 16 THE AURORA OF GUIDO 19 SYMPATHY 21 FRIENDSHIP 26 TRUE KINDNESS 31 TO THE MAIDEN IN THE EAST 32 FREE LOVE 37 RUMOURS FROM AN ÆOLIAN HARP 39 LINES 41 STANZAS 43 A RIVER SCENE 46 RIVER SONG 49 SOME TUMULTUOUS LITTLE RILL 50 BOAT SONG 51 TO MY BROTHER 52 STANZAS 56 THE INWARD MORNING 58 GREECE 61 THE FUNERAL BELL 62 THE SUMMER RAIN 64 MIST 68 SMOKE 69 HAZE 70 THE MOON 71 THE VIREO 72