the Thoreau Log.
14 June 1838. Concord, Mass.

Thoreau writes his poem “Truth, Goodness, Beauty,—those celestial thrins” in his journal:

Truth, Goodness, Beauty,—those celestial thrins,
Continually are born; e’en nowthe Universe,
With thousand throats, and eke with greener smiles,
Its joy confesses at their recent birth.

Strange that so many fickle gods, as fickle as the weather,
Throughout Dame Nature’s provinces should always pull together.

(Journal, 1:51)

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