Bryant approved this collection in 1853 for an edition printed at Dessau for readers on the European Continent. It opens with the long meditation The Ages and gathers his best-known pieces, among them Thanatopsis, To a Waterfowl, The Yellow Violet, Green River and A Winter Piece, with their solemn blank verse on death, woods and the American landscape.
A solid selection from the poet who made the American countryside a fit subject for serious verse. Download the free EPUB.