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| | PAL: William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) |
 | | (Bradley 72) Bryant was the first authentic American voice to sing of native birds, such as the brown thrasher and bobolink rather than the skylark and nightingale, of the spicebush rather than Britain's primrose, and of the majesty of this country's mountains and prairies instead of the landscape of England. |
 | | Bryant was a poet and editor, a defender of personal freedom, a fighter against corruption, a supporter of art, music, and literature. |
 | | Bryant's "Thanatopsis" is often read as a proto-Transcendentalist poem; yet it was discovered and rushed to publication by Bryant's father, who by all accounts was a Calvinist. |
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