Famous Quotes | A clear and ancient...

A clear and ancient harmony
Pierces my soul through all its din,
As through its utmost melody,—
Farther behind than they—farther within.

More swift its bolt than lightning is,
Its voice than thunder is more loud,
It doth expand my privacies
To all, and leave me single in the crowd.
- Henry David Thoreau
Attribution: Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), U.S. writer. Inspiration (l. 33–40). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) Oxford University Press.

Categories: Alienation, Distraction, Past, The, Writer

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