To him who in the love of Nature holds / Communion with her visible forms," and it ends on a note of reassurance by stating that the addressee "lies down to pleasant dreams" as they enter the afterlife.
This poem describes hills "rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun," as well as "the sluggish clod, which the rude swain / Turns with his share." This poem tells the addressee to "pierce the Barcan wilderness" and to "list / To Nature's teachings" when "thoughts [...] like a blight" come "over thy spirit." This poem opens (*) "To him who in the love of Nature holds / Communion with her visible forms," and it ends on a note of reassurance by stating that the addressee "lies down to pleasant dreams" as they enter the afterlife. For 10 points, name this poem by William Cullen Bryant whose Greek title translates as "Meditation upon death."
This poem describes hills "rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun," as well as "the sluggish clod, which the rude swain / Turns with his share.
“Thanatopsis”