Poem: “Boat Song” by Henry David Thoreau

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Boat Song

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Thus, perchance, the Indian hunter,
Many a lagging year agone,
Gliding o’er thy rippling waters,
Lowly hummed a natural song.

Now the sun’s behind the willows,
Now he gleams along the waves,
Faintly o’er the wearied billows
Come the spirits of the braves.

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American Literature – Children Books – American Poetry – Henry David Thoreau – Poems by Henry David Thoreau

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