"Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along."
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To a Waterfowl, st. 2 (1815)
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William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 β June 12, 1878) was an American Romantic poet and journalist.
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