the Thoreau Log.
25 February 1839. Concord, Mass.

Thoreau writes his poem “A Shrike” in his journal:

Hark! bark! from out the thickest fog
Warbles with might and main
The fearless shrike, as all agog
To find in fog his gain.
His steady sails he never furls
At any time o’ Year,
And, perched now on Winter’s curls,
He whistles in his ear.
(Journal, 1:74)

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