Who is John Burroughs

John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871.

In the words of his biographer Edward Renehan, Burroughs' special identity was less that of a scientific naturalist than that of "a literary naturalist with a duty to record his own unique perceptions of the natural world." The result was a body of work whose resonance with the tone of its cultural moment explains both its popularity at that time, and its relative obscurity since.

Early life and marriage

Burroughs was the seventh of Chauncy and Amy Kelly Burroughs' ten children. He was born on the family farm in the Catskill Mountains, near Roxb...
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John Burroughs Poems

  • Bluebird
    A wistful note from out the sky,
    'Pure, pure, pure,' in plaintive tone,
    As if the wand'rer were alone,
    And hardly knew to sing or cry. ...
  • The Crow
    I

    My friend and neighbor through the year,
    Self-appointed overseer ...
  • The Bobolink
    Daisies, clover, buttercup,
    Redtop, trefoil, meadowsweet,
    Ecstatic pinions, soaring up,
    Then gliding down to grassy seat....
  • The Partridge
    List the booming from afar,
    Soft as hum of roving bee,
    Vague as when on distant bar
    Fall the cataracts of the sea....
  • The Coming Of Phoebe
    When buckets shine 'gainst maple trees
    And dropp by dropp the sap doth flow,
    When days are warm, but still nights freeze,
    And deep in woods lie drifts of snow,...
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Top 10 most used topics by John Burroughs

Sky 4 Shine 3 Heart 3 Deep 3 I Love You 2 Pure 2 High 2 Brown 2 Morning 2 Fruit 2


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John_self: "he was promoting his life to art even as the complications of his accident condemned him to death." me on in youth is pleasure by denton welch, "probably the only author claimed as a key influence by both alan bennett and william s burroughs."
Bohlechris: the faith of the “naturist”: john burroughs’s superb century-old manifesto for spirituality in the age of science – the marginalian
Somemmadude: major goof on my part i set the video to publish at midnight instead of 12 lunchtime lol so go watch uncovering the minor role of joseph burroughs aka "peanut john" in lincoln's assassination
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Isaac Watts Poem
Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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