Cock-crowing. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated.

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Title
Cock-crowing. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated.
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection

Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1841 (Approximate)
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: m.b. Thoreau
Topics
Transcendentalism (New England)
Nature study
Genres
Manuscripts
Poetry
Notes
Publications: First line: "Upon my bed at early dawn..." Published in this version in ed. Witherell, Collected Essays and Poems, 2001, p. 563. Published in different version (starting "Upon the bank at early dawn...") in ed. Bode, Collected Poems, 1943, p. 202.
Citation/reference: William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): B16c.
Content: [3 written pages]. Ink with pencil emendations.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 double leaf
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520476
MSS Unit ID: 19098
Accession number: 66B1205
Other local Identifier: 4880127
Other local Identifier: 407240e0-1652-0130-e28a-58d385a7b928
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b.
Archives EAD ID: 949783
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 407240e0-1652-0130-e28a-58d385a7b928
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Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1841: Created
  • 1862: Creator Died
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Cock-crowing. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1841. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fbd60000-5331-0132-216e-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Cock-crowing. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fbd60000-5331-0132-216e-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1841). Cock-crowing. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fbd60000-5331-0132-216e-58d385a7b928

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Cock-crowing. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated.