But spare your country's flag."
This poet stated that "in the evening there was light" after hearing the description of a ruined land from the title creatures in "What the Birds Said." This man tells the title creatures of another poem to "stay at home" before exclaiming that "Mistress Mary is dead and gone." He described "It might have been" as the saddest words "of tongue or pen" in "Maud Muller," and the title character of one of his poems tells Stonewall Jackson to "Shoot if you must this old grey head / But spare your country's flag." For 10 points, name this American poet of "Barbara Freitchie" and "Snow-Bound."
This poet stated that "in the evening there was light" after hearing the description of a ruined land from the title creatures in "What the Birds Said.
John Greenleaf Whittier