“He who, from zone to zone,
Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight,
In the long way that I must tread alone,
Will lead my steps aright.”

—  William Cullen Bryant

To a Waterfowl http://www.bartleby.com/102/17.html, st. 8 (1818)

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American romantic poet and journalist 1794–1878

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