" For 10 points, name this early American poet who wrote "To a Waterfowl" and "Thanatopsis."
This poet instructed readers to "approach thy grave" like one who "lies down to pleasant dreams" in a poem that admonishes "go not like the quarry slave at night." Another poem by this author describes a bird that pursues its "solitary way." This longtime editor of the New York Evening Post wrote a poem titled after the Greek for "meditation on death." For 10 points, name this early American poet who wrote "To a Waterfowl" and "Thanatopsis."
This poet instructed readers to "approach thy grave" like one who "lies down to pleasant dreams" in a poem that admonishes "go not like the quarry slave at night."
William Cullen {Bryant}