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. This poet wishes that “Hope, blossoming in my heart / May look to heaven as I depart” in a poem addressed to a “Fringed Gentian.” A poem by this author describes a “quarry-slave at night” and (15[1])one who “lies down to pleasant dreams” 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 Communion with her visible forms.” For 10 points, name this author of “Thanatopsis.” (10[1])■END■

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