Introduction by the editor -- Chronology -- National history of Massachusetts winter walk Main Woods wilds of the Penobscot -- Life in the wilderness -- Civil disobedience Poems: I am a parcel of vain strivings tied -- In the busy streets, domains of trade -- I knew a man by sight -- Lately, alas, I knew a gentle boy -- Each more melodious note I hear -- Independence-- Not unconcerned Wachusett rears his head -- My friends, why should we live -- Low in the eastern sky -- Great friend -- Fog -- Brother where dost thou dwell -- This is my Carnac, whose unmeasured dome -- Love equals swift and slow -- Though all the fates should prove unkind -- manhood -- Between the traveler and the setting sun -- Nature -- Yankee in Canada Concord to Montreal -- Walden Economy -- Where I lived, and what I lived for -- Reading -- Sounds -- Solitude -- Visitors -- bean field -- village -- ponds -- Baker Farm -- High laws -- Brute neighbors -- Housewarming -- Former inhabitants; and winter visitors -- Winter animals -- pond in winter -- Spring -- Conclusion -- Journal Walking Life without principle Cape Cod wellfleet oysterman -- last days of John Brown