Solitude does not require silence to enhance it;
A certain sort of hubbub complements it,
Raises simple selfhood to a holy stature.
Man cannot supply it; his noises seldom lull,
They distract and interfere.
Nature's crepitators are reduced
To crickets, English sparrows, and the rain.
Where are our whippoorwills and bullfrogs,
Our hoot-owls, creaks of pines, and evening peepers?
At times t
Contemplating "Walden"
A certain sort of hubbub complements it,
Raises simple selfhood to a holy stature.
Man cannot supply it; his noises seldom lull,
They distract and interfere.
Nature's crepitators are reduced
To crickets, English sparrows, and the rain.
Where are our whippoorwills and bullfrogs,
Our hoot-owls, creaks of pines, and evening peepers?
At times t
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