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Collected poems of Henry Thoreau
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Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
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Collected poems of Henry Thoreau
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DELAY
No generous action can delay
Or thwart our higher, steadier aims,
But if sincere and true are they,
It will arouse our sight and nerve our frames.
Collected poems of Henry Thoreau