Great by their nature and consigned to him,

Who, like a faithful merchant, does account

To God for what he spends, and in what way.

"Thrice happy art thou, Walden! in thyself,

Such purity is in thy limpid springs;

In those green shores which do reflect in thee,

And in this man who dwells upon thy edge,

A holy man within a hermitage.

May all good showers fall gently into thee;

May thy surrounding forests long be spared,