I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was…

Henry David Thoreau
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I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. ✨ 'Walden' (1854) 'Winter Visitors'
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I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. ✨ 'Walden' (1854) 'Winter Visitors'

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