Re: Different Drum

Posted by Henry on September 24, 2004

In Reply to: Re: Different Drum posted by ESC on September 24, 2004

: : : Can anyone please direct me to the poem that is, I think, about difference, and has the lines in it
: : : ' I dance to a different drum ' - I need the source quickly as trying to plan relatives funeral

: : : thanks

: : http://www.songlyrics4u.com/linda-rondstadt/different-drum.html

: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
: -- Henry David Thoreau, From "Walden."

Also included in Bringing in the Sheaves
by Jim Boyes of Coope Boyes and Simpson.

Though we started from the land
Some do choose to roam abroad,
The hand upon the gliding plough
Is not for everyone.
Changing seasons help us see
That those who hear a different drummer,
Though not in one harmony,
Are bringing in the sheaves