The speaker of one of this author's poems mistakenly believes a grandfather has died before a choirgirl reveals "Mistress Mary is dead and gone," while another one of his poem
The speaker of one of this author's poems mistakenly believes a grandfather has died before a choirgirl reveals "Mistress Mary is dead and gone," while another one of his poems contains the lines, "For all sad words of tongue or pen / The saddest are these: It might have been" and discusses a Judge who never marries the titular farming girl. This author of "The Telling of the Bees" and "Maud Muller" also wrote about a woman who cries, "Shoot, if you must, this old grey head / But spare your country's flag" at the forces of Robert E. Lee. For 10 points, name this American poet who wrote "Snow-Bound" and "Barbara Fritchie."
The speaker of one of this author's poems mistakenly believes a grandfather has died before a choirgirl reveals "Mistress Mary is dead and gone," while another one of his poems contains the lines, "For all sad words of tongue or pen / The saddest are these: It might have been" and discusses a Judge who never marries the titular farming girl.
John Greenleaf {Whittier}