This man wrote "A Discourse on the Life and Genius
This man wrote "A Discourse on the Life and Genius of James Fenimore Cooper." His poems include one written upon the death of his wife, "October, 1866,"  and a poem that includes the lines "Thou comest not when violets lean/O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen," "To the Fringed Gentian." He is best-known, however, for a poem that asks "Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue/Thy solitary way?" and a meditation on death written at the age of seventeen. For 10 points, name this author of "To a Waterfowl" and "Thanatopsis."
This man wrote "A Discourse on the Life and Genius of James Fenimore Cooper."
William Cullen {Bryant}