For 10 points, name this poem that serves as a meditation on death by the writer of "To a Waterfowl," the American poet William Cullen Bryant.
This poem describes "the hills," "the vales," and "the venerable woods" as only "solemn decorations." The reader of this poem is advised to "go not, like the quarry-slave at night,/ Scourged by his dungeon." Instead, this poem concludes that one should "approach thy grave" like a person who "lies down to pleasant dreams." For 10 points, name this poem that serves as a meditation on death by the writer of "To a Waterfowl," the American poet William Cullen Bryant.
This poem describes "the hills," "the vales," and "the venerable woods" as only "solemn decorations."
"Thanatopsis"