What is a New England landscape
this sunny August day?
A weather-painted
house and barn,
with an orchard
by its side,
in midst of
a sandy field
surrounded by
green woods,
with a small
with a small
blue lake
on one side. . . .
The color of the weather-painted house
and that of the lake and sky.
August 26, 1856
August 26, 1856
The whole country is
a sea-shore; the wind is the
surf that breaks on it.
August 26, 1851
All bushes resound.
I wade up to my ears in the
alder locust song.
August 26, 1860
I am surprised by
sun-sparkles on the river,
a long time not seen.
What is a New England landscape?
A weather-painted
house and barn with an orchard
by its side in midst
of a sandy field
surrounded by green woods with
a small blue lake on
one side -- Sympathy
between the color of the
weather-painted house
and that of the lake and sky
this sunny August day.
~edited, assembled and rewritten by zphx © 2009-2019
A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau
"A book, each page written in its own season,
out-of-doors, in its own locality."
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