Henry David Thoreau: But now I see I was not plucked for naught, And after in life's vase Of glass set while I might survive, But by a kind h

But now I see I was not plucked for naught, And after in life's vase Of glass se — Henry David Thoreau

But now I see I was not plucked for naught, And after in life's vase Of glass set while I might survive, But by a kind hand brought Alive To a strange place.

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