For 10 points, name this American writer of a poem about death called "Thanatopsis" as well as "To a Waterfowl."
One poem by this writer commands "take the wings of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness." That poem by this man tells the reader not to be "like the quarry-slave at night, scourged to his dungeon" after describing how "the long train of ages glides away." Another poem by this writer describes a figure "darkly painted on the crimson sky." A power in that poem teaches the title (*) animal "along that pathless coast" and "will lead my steps aright." For 10 points, name this American writer of a poem about death called "Thanatopsis" as well as "To a Waterfowl."
One poem by this writer commands "take the wings of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness."
William Cullen {Bryant}