This poet asserted that "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again" in his poem "The Battle-field".
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