Amos Bronson Alcott - Thoreau lyrics

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Amos Bronson Alcott - Thoreau lyrics

Who nearer Nature's life would truly come Must nearer come to him of whom I speak: He all kinds knew,--the vocal and the dumb; Masterful in genius was he and unique, Patient, sagacious, tender, frolicsome. This Concord Pan would oft his whistle take, And forth from wood and fen, field, hill, and lake, Trooping around him in their several guise, The shy inhabitants their haunts forsake; Then he, like Æsop, man would satirize, Hold up the image wild to clearest view Of undiscerning manhood's puzzled eyes, And mocking say, "Lo! mirrors here for you: Be true as these if ye would be more wise.