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MIST by HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Poet Analysis

First Line: LOW-ANCHORED CLOUD, / NEWFOUNDLAND AIR
Last Line: OF HEALING HERBS TO JUST MEN'S FIELDS.
Subject(s): MIST; NATURE;
LOW-ANCHORED cloud,
Newfoundland air,
Fountain-head and source of rivers,
Dew-cloth, dream-drapery,
And napkin spread by fays;
Drifting meadow of the air,
Where bloom the daisied banks and violets
And in whose fenny labyrinth
The bittern booms and heron wades;
Spirit of lakes and seas and rivers, --
Bear only perfumes and the scent
Of healing herbs to just men's fields.


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