Collectibles
WOW - Aeolian Harp - Read Thoreau's Poem!
- Item Number
- 283
- Estimated Value
- 150 USD
- Sold
- 100 USD to boo388
- Number of Bids
- 4 - Bid History
Item Description
Henry David Thoreau's Aeolian Harp
Donated by Kenneth Turkington (turk@waldenwinds.com)
A 30 inch long walnut aeolian harp which fits in your window and plays when the wind passes through it's strings. This harp is a reproduction of the original harp in the Concord Museum collection.
Rumors from an Aeolian Harp
There is a vale which none hath seen,
Where foot of man has never been,
Such as here lives with toil and strife,
An anxious and a sinful life.
There every virtue has its birth,
Ere it descends upon the earth,
And thither every deed returns,
Which in the generous bosom burns.
There love is warm, and youth is young,
And poetry is yet unsung.
For Virtue still adventures there,
And freely breathes her native air.
And ever, if you hearken well,
You still may hear its vesper bell,
And tread of high-souled men go by,
Their thoughts conversing with the sky.
Henry D. Thoreau
Item Special Note
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