Henry David Thoreau Quote

What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,--for if men read aright, methinks they would never read anything but poems. No history nor philosophy can supply their place.


A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (ed. 1873)


What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,--for if men read aright, methinks they would...

What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,--for if men read aright, methinks they would...

What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,--for if men read aright, methinks they would...

What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,--for if men read aright, methinks they would...