Adjusting the View of the Nine Clues

CLUE 1:
As I have gone alone in there and with my treasures bold, I can keep my secret where, and hint of riches new and old.

CLUE 2:
Begin it where warm waters halt and take it in the canyon down, 

CLUE 3:
Not far, but too far to walk.

CLUE 4:
Put in below the home of Brown.

CLUE 5:
From there it's [it is, it has] no place for the meek, the end is ever drawing nigh; There'll [there will, there shall] be no paddle up your creek, just heavy loads and water high.

CLUE 6:
If you've [you have] been wise and found the blaze, look quickly down, your quest to cease, but tarry scant with marvel gaze, just take the chest and go in peace.

CLUE 7:
So why is it that I must go and leave my trove for all to seek?  The answers I already know, I've [I have] done it tired, and now I'm [I am] weak.

CLUE 8:
So hear me all and listen good, your effort will be worth the cold.

CLUE 9:
If you are brave and in the wood I give you title to the gold.

Over time I may continue to adjust how the clues line up as I continue to solve the poem, but for now, that is the nine clues as I am seeing them.