Richard Henry Dana considered it a hoax and wrote, "No one, on this side of the Atlantic, is capable of writing such verses." In a bleak tone, this poem notes "All that breathe / Will share thy destiny," and that "Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim / Thy growth." Another line states "Yet not to thine eternal resting-place/Shalt thou retire alone," and the poem begins with the line "To him who
Richard Henry Dana considered it a hoax and wrote, "No one, on this side of the Atlantic, is capable of writing such verses." In a bleak tone, this poem notes "All that breathe / Will share thy destiny," and that "Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim / Thy growth." Another line states "Yet not to thine eternal resting-place/Shalt thou retire alone," and the poem begins with the line "To him who in the love of nature holds/Communion with her visible forms." For 10 points—name this poem by William Cullen Bryant.
Richard Henry Dana considered it a hoax and wrote, "No one, on this side of the Atlantic, is capable of writing such verses."
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