"Like Crusoe, Walking By The Lonely Strand"

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Title:     "Like Crusoe, Walking By The Lonely Strand"
Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich [More Titles by Aldrich]

Like Crusoe, walking by the lonely strand
And seeing a human footprint on the sand,
Have I this day been startled, finding here,
Set in brown mould and delicately clear,
Spring's footprint--the first crocus of the year!
O sweet invasion! Farewell solitude!
Soon shall wild creatures of the field and wood
Flock from all sides with much ado and stir,
And make of me most willing prisoner!

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich's poem: "Like Crusoe, Walking By The Lonely Strand"

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