  CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. CHAPTER III. CONCORD AND ITS FAMOUS PEOPLE. CHAPTER IV. THE EMBATTLED FARMERS. CHAPTER V. THE TRANSCENDENTAL PERIOD. CHAPTER VI. EARLY ESSAYS IN AUTHORSHIP. CHAPTER VII. FRIENDS AND COMPANIONS. CHAPTER VIII. THE WALDEN HERMITAGE. CHAPTER IX. HORACE IN THE ROLE OF MAECENAS. CHAPTER XI. PERSONAL TRAITS AND SOCIAL LIFE. CHAPTER XII. POET, MORALIST, AND PHILOSOPHER. CHAPTER XIII. LIFE, DEATH, AND IMMORTALITY. American Men of Letters HENRY D. THOREAUportrait and signature of Henry D. Thoreau. Henry D. Thoreau. title page American Men of Letters. HENRY D. THOREAU. BY F. B. SANBORN. REVISED EDITION. BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge Copyright, 1882, Much do they wrong our Henry wise and kind, Morose who name thee, cynical to men, Forsaking manners civil and refined To build thyself in Walden woods a den,— Then flout society, flatter the rude hind. We better knew thee, loyal citizen! Thou, friendship's all-adventuring pioneer, Civility itself wouldst civilize: Whilst braggart boors, wavering 'twixt rage and fear, Slave hearths lay waste, and Indian huts surprise, And swift the Martyr's gibbet would uprear: Thou hail'dst him great whose valorous emprise Orion's blazing belt dimmed in the sky,— Then bowed thy unrepining head to die. Concord, January, 1882. |
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