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Henry David Thoreau

Although he thought of himself as a poet, Henry David Thoreau's most defining work was his book, Walden...
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What's the railroad to me?
by Henry David Thoreau

What's the railroad to me? I never go to see Where it ends. It fills a few hollows, And makes banks for the swallows, It sets the sand a-blowing, And the blackberries a-growing.

This poem appeared in Poem-A-Day on July 20, 2013. Browse the Poem-A-Day archive.