Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 [Last lines of Bryant's poem Thanatopsis]

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GLC#
GLC06631.02-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
January 21, 1878
Author/Creator
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
Title
[Last lines of Bryant's poem Thanatopsis]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 16.4 cm, Width: 12.8 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The Gilded Age

"So live, that when thy summons comes to join/ The innumerable caravan which moves/ To that mysterious realm where each shall take/ His chamber in the silent halls of Death,/ Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night,/ Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed/ By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave/ Like one who wraps the draping of his couch/ About him and lied down to pleasant dreams." Copied 12 January 1878; originally written between the years of 1811 and 1821.

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