This poet asserted that "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again" in his poem "The Battle-field". He is referred to as a "smooth, silent iceberg" who "stands in supreme ice-olation" in Lowell's A Fable for Critics. This author expressed a wish that "Hope, blossoming within my heart, may look to heaven as I depart" in a poem addressed to a "blossom bright with autumn dew". He tells the addressee of another poem "Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven
This poet asserted that "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again" in his poem "The Battle-field". He is referred to as a "smooth, silent iceberg" who "stands in supreme ice-olation" in Lowell's A Fable for Critics. This author expressed a wish that "Hope, blossoming within my heart, may look to heaven as I depart" in a poem addressed to a "blossom bright with autumn dew". He tells the addressee of another poem "Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven / Hath swallowed up thy form" and asks that figure "dost thou pursue / Thy (*) solitary way?" This author of "To the Fringed Gentian" is most famous for a poem that describes "hills / Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun" and advises the reader to "go not like the quarry-slave at night" when it comes time to join the "innumerable caravan" and "mix forever with the elements". For 10 points, name this American poet of "To a Waterfowl" and "Thanatopsis".
This poet asserted that "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again" in his poem "The Battle-field".
William Cullen Bryant