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The Coward ever sings no song

by Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

The coward ever sings no song,
He listens to no chime,
He has no heart, he has no tongue,
To build the lofty rhyme.




Last updated January 14, 2019

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Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech

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