This poem, which describes "hills rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun," centers on a figure "who in the love of Nature holds / Communion with her visible forms," and it urges readers to "approach thy grave / like one who...lies down to pleasant dreams."
This poem originally contained a line about "the tittering world" dancing. It describes a river that "hears no sound, save his own dashings" and lists concepts like "stern agony" and "the narrow house" that drive the reader to listen to a "still voice" that "comes from all around -- Earth and her waters, and the depths of air." This poem advises its listener to "take the wings of morning" and "pierce the (*) Barcan wilderness," and prophesies he will "be a brother to the insensible rock" and join the "patriarchs of the infant world." This poem, which describes "hills rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun," centers on a figure "who in the love of Nature holds / Communion with her visible forms," and it urges readers to "approach thy grave / like one who...lies down to pleasant dreams." For 10 points, name this poem by William Cullen Bryant about the "contemplation of death."
This poem originally contained a line about "the tittering world" dancing.
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