"Thanatopsis" is a renowned poem written by William Cullen Bryant, an American poet and editor of the 19th century.

The first collection of Bryant s writings to be published since 1935, and the most comprehensive critical study of Bryant s poetry to date"

This is the only collection ever made of Bryant's letters, two-thirds of which have never before been printed.

He was honored in Albany at receptions by each house of the legislature. For his eightieth birthday, his life's work was celebrated in silver on a Tiffany vase given him by admirers throughout the country.