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VIII
1845-1847
(ÆT. 27-30)
[The small and much mutilated journal which begins here appears to belong to the Walden period (1845-47), but the entries are undated.]
THE HERO[1]
What doth he ask?
Some worthy task,
Never to run
Till that be done,
That never done
Under the sun.
Here to begin
All things to win
By his endeavor
Forever and ever.
Happy and well
On this ground to dwell,
This soil subdue,
Plant, and renew.
By might and main
Health and strength gain,
- ↑ [Twenty-six lines of this, somewhat revised, appear under the title of "Pilgrims" in Excursions, and Poems, p. 413.]
