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Thanatopsis

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Thanatopsis
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This item SOLD at 2018 Dec 09 @ 09:53UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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By Richard A. Myer, a member of the American Indian and Cowboy Artists. Bronze on marble base, H 10.5" W 7.5" D 5.5" "Thanatopsis" is a poem by the American poet William Cullen Bryant. Meaning 'a consideration of death', the word is derived from the Greek 'thanatos' (death) and 'opsis' (view, sight). It is considered a milestone in American poetry and here has been given a Western theme. The final stanza reads:

So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. State: City: Date: HWAC# 86348