ON THE

CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS


By HENRY D. THOREAU,

AUTHOR OF "WALDEN," ETC.


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Where'er thou sail'st who sailed with me,
Though now thou climbest loftier mounts,
And fairer rivers dost ascend,
Be thou my Muse, my Brother--.


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I am bound, I am bound, for a distant shore,
By a lonely isle, by a far Azore,
There it is, there it is, the treasure I seek,
On the barren sands of a desolate creek.


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