One of his earliest poems, "The Ages," was the only one he would write in Spenserian stanza.
One of his earliest poems, "The Ages," was the only one he would write in Spenserian stanza. Poems like "The Yellow Violet" and "To the Fringed Gentian" marked the high point of his literary achievement, though they fail to achieve the emotion of "October, 1866," written on the occasion of his wife's death. He first gained notice with a collection subtitled "Sketches of the Times," and its title poem, "The Embargo." FTP, name this long time editor of the New York Review and New York Evening Post, perhaps best known for his pair of poems "To a Waterfowl" and "Thanatopsis."
One of his earliest poems, "The Ages," was the only one he would write in Spenserian stanza.
William Cullen {Bryant}