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William Cullen Bryant

To a Waterfowl

To a Waterfowl

A classic 19th-century poem by William Cullen Bryant reflecting on nature and divine guidance

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    “Is death something as natural as a bird migrating. The birds instinctively know where to go, will I?”

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