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Collected poems of Henry Thoreau

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Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)

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THE WAVES SLOWLY BEAT

The waves slowly beat,
Just to keep the noon sweet,
And no sound is floated o'er,
Save the mallet on shore,
Which echoing on high
Seems a-calking the sky.
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