Round 5: Tossup 1

This poet warned that “corruption, dark and deep … saps the foundation of a sinking state” in a poem lambasting a piece of Jeffersonian legislation. (15[1]-5[1])This poet wishes that “Hope, blossoming in my heart / May look to heaven as I depart” (-5[1])in a poem addressed to a “Fringed Gentian.” (15[1])A poem by (-5[1])this author (0[1])describes a “quarry-slave at night” and one who “lies down to pleasant dreams” (15[1])after declaring (*) “pierce the Barcan wilderness.” That poem opens by claiming that Nature has a “healing sympathy” for “him who in the love of [her] holds (-5[1])Communion with her visible forms.” For 10 points, name this author of “Thanatopsis.” (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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