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When the toads begin to ring

by Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

When the toads begin to ring,
Then thinner clothing bring
or Off your greatcoat fling




Quotes of the Day

If you don’t go out in the woods
nothing will ever happen
and your life will never begin.

• Clarissa Pinkola Estes



Poems of the Day
  • Herman Melville
    The New Rosicrucians
    by Herman Melville
    To us, disciples of the Order Whose rose-vine twines the Cross, Who have drained the rose's chalice Never heeding gain or loss; For all the preacher's din There is no mortal sin—