26+ Nature Henry David Thoreau Poems Background. O nature i do not aspireto be the highest in thy choir to be a meteor in thy sky. His essays, books, and poems weave together two central themes over the course of his intellectual career:
Now, the library of america brings together these indispensable works in one. Only a zephyr that may blow. Mine are the night and morning, the pits of air, the gull of space, the sportive sun, the gibbous moon, the innumerable days.
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Henry david thoreau crafted essays that reflect his speculative and probing cast of mind. His essays, books, and poems weave together two central themes over the course of his intellectual career: Walden, civil disobedience, life without principle, slavery in massachusetts, a plea for captain john brown. Thoreau was born in concord, massachusetts.