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William Cullen Bryant's "To a Waterfowl"
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William Cullen Bryant's "To a Waterfowl"

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) 1866 (oil on canvas)

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was a Fireside Poet, journalist, and nature writer with ties to the Hudson River School of art. He wrote poems, essays, and articles that championed the rights of slaves, workers, and immigrants, and he was frequently published by the North American Review. He is the author of several books, including The White-Footed Deer and Other Poems (I. S. Platt, 1844), and The Fountain and Other Poems (Wiley and Putnam, 1842).

-bio via Academy of American Poets

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