Poem: “The Thaw” by Henry David Thoreau

Download PDF

American Literature – Children Books – American Poetry – Henry David Thoreau – Poems by Henry David Thoreau
< < < Stanzas Written At Walden
A Winter Scene > > >

---

The Thaw

---

I saw the civil sun drying earth’s tears,
Her tears of joy that only faster flowed.

Fain would I stretch me by the highway side
To thaw and trickle with the melting snow;
That mingled, soul and body, with the tide,
I too may through the pores of nature flow.

---

< < < Stanzas Written At Walden
A Winter Scene > > >

---

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

---

Copyright holders –  Public Domain

If you liked this article, subscribe , put likes, write comments! Share on social networks Visit us on Facebook or Twitter

Check out Our Latest Posts

• Poèmes et peinture, semaine du 15 février 2026
• Poems and painting, Week of February 15, 2026
• Joyeuse Saint-Valentin en poésie
• Happy Valentine’s Day in poetry
• Poèmes et peinture, semaine du 1er février 2026
• Poems and painting, Week of February 1st, 2026

---

© 2024 Akirill.com – All Rights Reserved