This poem describes the "sluggish clod, which the rude swain turns with his share, and treads upon"and "Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste."
This poem describes the "sluggish clod, which the rude swain turns with his share, and treads upon"and "Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste." The speaker notes how "each one as before will chase hisfavorite phantom" after the central event. This poem advises that one "go forth, under the open sky, and listto Nature's teachings" when feeling "sick at heart." This poem instructs the addressee to act "like one whowraps the drapery of his couch about him" in contrast to "the quarry-slave at night, scourged to hisdungeon," and concludes by comparing death to lying down to pleasant dreams. For 10 points, name thispoem by William Cullen Bryant.
This poem describes the "sluggish clod, which the rude swain turns with his share, and treads upon"and "Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste."
"Thanatopsis"