SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,

CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.

1882.

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210.m

C

1000.

MUCH do they wrong our Henry wise and kind,
Morose who name thee, cynical to men,
Forsaking manners civil and refined

To build thyself in Walden woods a den,
Then flout society, flatter the rude hind.
We better knew thee, loyal citizen!
Thou, friendship's all-adventuring pioneer,
Civility itself wouldst civilize:

Whilst braggart boors, wavering 'twixt rage and fear,
Slave hearths lay waste, and Indian huts surprise,
And swift the Martyr's gibbet would uprear:
Thou hail'dst him great whose valorous emprise
Orion's blazing belt dimmed in the sky, -
Then bowed thy unrepining head to die.

CONCORD, January, 1882.

A. BRONSON ALCOTT.