Wild Apple Tree

THE WRITINGS OF
HENRY DAVID THOREAU

EXCURSIONS
AND
POEMS

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
MDCCCCVI

COPYRIGHT 1865 AND 1866 BY TICKNOR AND FIELDS
COPYRIGHT 1893 AND 1906 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY NOTE[xi]
EXCURSIONS
A YANKEE IN CANADA
I.CONCORD TO MONTREAL[3]
II.QUEBEC AND MONTMORENCI[20]
III.ST. ANNE[40]
IV.THE WALLS OF QUEBEC[69]
V.THE SCENERY OF QUEBEC; AND THERIVER ST. LAWRENCE[85]
NATURAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS[103]
A WALK TO WACHUSETT[133]
THE LANDLORD[153]
A WINTER WALK[163]
THE SUCCESSION OF FOREST TREES[184]
WALKING[205]
AUTUMNAL TINTS[249]
WILD APPLES[290]
NIGHT AND MOONLIGHT[323]
TRANSLATIONS
THE PROMETHEUS BOUND OF ÆSCHYLUS[337]
TRANSLATIONS FROM PINDAR[375]
POEMS
NATURE[395]
INSPIRATION[396]
THE AURORA OF GUIDO[399]
TO THE MAIDEN IN THE EAST[400]
TO MY BROTHER[403]
GREECE[404]
THE FUNERAL BELL[405]
THE MOON[406]
THE FALL OF THE LEAF[407]
THE THAW[409]
A WINTER SCENE[410]
TO A STRAY FOWL[411]
POVERTY[412]
PILGRIMS[413]
THE DEPARTURE[414]
INDEPENDENCE[415]
DING DONG[417]
OMNIPRESENCE[417]
INSPIRATION (QUATRAIN)[418]
MISSION[418]
DELAY[418]
PRAYER[418]
A LIST OF THE POEMS AND BITS OF VERSESCATTERED AMONG THOREAU'S PROSEWRITINGS EXCLUSIVE OF THE JOURNAL[420]
INDEX[423]