Round 10: Tossup 12

A poem by this author that notes that “hell is more than half of paradise” prompted Theodore Roosevelt to grant him a sinecure job. A character created by this poet that is compared to “Roland’s ghost winding a silent horn” (15[1])is described as being “amid the silver loneliness / Of night” while singing “Auld Lang Syne.” A poem by this author that repeatedly tells the title character to “go to the western gate” is collected in (*) Children of the Night. A poem by this author describes an “imperially slim” man who was “admirably schooled in every grace” that “Went home and put a bullet through his head.” For 10 points, name this poet of “Richard Cory.” ■END■

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