Thanatopsis

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Thanatopsis (1817)
by William Cullen Bryant

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Thanatopsis, written by William Cullen Bryant at the age of 17 in 1811, and first published in 1817 by the North American Review, is considered to be a masterpiece of American poetry. The title is from the Greek thanatos ("death") and the suffix -opsis (literally, "sight"); it has often been translated as "Meditation upon Death."Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Versions of Thanatopsis include:

Thanatopsis, first published version, with editorial additions, in North-American Review 5 (15): 338–340 (Sep. 1817)
Thanatopsis, revised text, published in Poems (1821)
Thanatopsis, published in Specimens of the American Poets (1822)
Thanatopsis, published in Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant (1878)

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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