Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

WOOF of the fen, ethereal gauze,

Woven of Nature’s richest stuffs,

Visible heat, air-water, and dry sea,

Last conquest of the eye;

Toil of the day displayed, sun-dust,

Aerial surf upon the shores of earth,

Ethereal estuary, frith of light,

Breakers of air, billows of heat,

Fine summer spray on inland seas;

Bird of the sun, transparent-winged,

Owlet of noon, soft-pinioned,

From heath or stubble rising without song,—

Establish thy serenity o’er the fields.