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Fog (Thoreau, "Dull water spirit—and Protean god")

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From "Henry David Thoreau: The Forgotten Poems" in The Concord Saunterer (March 1976) by Frederick P. Lenz III.

420894FogHenry David Thoreau

Dull water spirit—and Protean god
Descended cloud fast anchored to the earth
That drawest too much air for shallow coasts
Thou ocean branch that flowest to the sun
Incense of earth, perfumed with flowers—
Spirit of lakes and rivers, seas and rills
Come to revisit now thy native scenes
Night thoughts of earth—dream drapery
Dew cloth and fairy napkin
Thou wind-blown meadow of the air.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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