A power in that poem teaches the title (*) animal "along that pathless coast" and "will lead my steps aright."
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}