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Discovering
Walden Woods 2004
Henry David Thoreau's
Fairhaven Bay
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Moonlight on Fair Haven Pond seen from
the Cliffs. A sheeny lake in
the midst of a boundless forest -- The windy surf sounding freshly &
wildly in the single pine behind you -- The silence of hushed wolves in
the wilderness & as you fancy moose looking off from the shore of the
lake. The stars of poetry
& history --&unexplored nature looking down on the scene.
This is my world now -- with a dull whitish mark curving northward
through the forest marking the outlet of the lake.
Fair Haven by moonlight lies there like a lake in the Maine
Wilderness in the midst of a primitive forest untrodden by man.
This light & this hour takes civilization all out of the
landscape -- "
El lago de Fair Haven, como se avista al claror de
la luna desde el Riscal.
Un lago que centellea en medio de un vasto bosque.
El escarceo del viento que suena fresco y salvaje en el pino
solitario detrás.
El silencio de lobos que callan en la montaña,
mientras uno se imagina alces americanos que atisban desde la orilla del
lago. Las
estrellas de la poesía y la historia, y una naturaleza por explorar que se asoman al paisaje.
Este es mi mundo ahora, con una marca opaca y blanquizca que se
encorva hacia el norte a través de la floresta en el desaguadero del lago.
Fair Haven a la luz de la luna yace como un lago en la montaña de Maine en medio de una selva primitiva no hollada por el hombre.
Esta luz y esta hora extirpan toda civilisación del paisaje.
—Henry
David Thoreau, Journal, September 5, 1851
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Spanish Translation by Garielle Garschina
On Saturday, June 12, 2004, the
Walden Woods Project participated in the Third Annual Sudbury, Assabet,
and Concord Wild & Scenic River Stewardship Council’s River Fest.
The Project, in conjunction with the Lincoln
Conservation Department and the World
Languages Department at Belmont High School, presented a Discovering
Walden Woods program entitled “Henry David Thoreau’s Fair Haven
Bay.”
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Education Director, Kent Curtis, with the
help of five Belmont High School students, presented an introduction
and overview about Henry David Thoreau and his writings about water
bodies. Kent presented
in English, and the students took turns presenting in Spanish to a
mostly bilingual crowd.
Belmont High School student presenters
included: Rosie Morales, Maika Collins, Maggie Henry, Liza Prieto,
and Ilana Orloff
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More than twenty people of all ages joined us on
our walk from the Thoreau Institute on Pine Hill to the shores of Fair
Haven Bay. See
map of hike location
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Along the way we trekked through
beautiful Adams Woods, where hemlock and white pine towered over our
footsteps and softened the ground with a blanket of needles. |
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We caught our first glimpse of the Bay when we
rounded the bend above Pleasant Meadow.
Its blue waters could be seen slicing through the distance in
amongst the rich green summer canopy.
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It was a long walk, almost two
miles, but the payoff was worth it!
Fair Haven Bay sparkled like a jewel on the sunny and mild
late spring afternoon. After cooling down for a few minutes, Belmont students read
three more Thoreau quotes that they had translated.
We snacked, and then returned along the shores of Walden
Pond, and back to Pine Hill. |
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Map of
River Fest/Discovering Walden Woods/Fair Haven Hill walk
Photogallery
Thoreau quotes (en español)
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