“[Thanatopsis] was written in 1817, when Bryant was 23. Had he died then, the world would have thought it had lost a great poet. But he lived on.” WorldLostWrittenPoetDiedGreat Poet Author:William C. Bryant
“A poet must have died as a man before he is worth anything as a poet.” MenPoetryPoetDied Author:Christian Morgenstern
“There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.” YearsBelieveLongCasesComedyPoetBirthDied Author:James Thurber