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William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American Romantic poet and journalist.
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“The groves were God's first temples.”
“Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste.”
“Maidens hearts are always soft:
Would that men's were truer!”
Would that men's were truer!”
“Go forth under the open sky, and list
To Nature's teachings.”
To Nature's teachings.”
“The little wind-flower, whose just opened eye
Is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at.”
Is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at.”
“All that tread,
The globe are but a handful to the tribes
That slumber in its bosom.”
The globe are but a handful to the tribes
That slumber in its bosom.”
“And the blue gentian flower, that, in the breeze,
Nods lonely, of her beauteous race the last.”
Nods lonely, of her beauteous race the last.”
“And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief,
And the year smiles as it draws near its death.”
And the year smiles as it draws near its death.”
“Heed not the night; a summer lodge amid the wild is mine -
'Tis shadowed by the tulip-tree, 'tis mantled by the vine.”
'Tis shadowed by the tulip-tree, 'tis mantled by the vine.”
“The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year,
Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere.”
Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere.”
“The rugged trees are mingling
Their flowery sprays in love;
The ivy climbs the laurel
To clasp the boughs above.”
Their flowery sprays in love;
The ivy climbs the laurel
To clasp the boughs above.”
“Weep not that the world changes—did it keep
A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep.”
A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep.”
“All things that are on earth shall wholly pass away,
Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye.”
Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye.”
“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.”
Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,
As, darkly painted on the crimson sky,
Thy figure floats along.”
“There is a day of sunny rest
For every dark and troubled night;
And a grief may bid, and evening guest,
Bot joy shall come with early light”
For every dark and troubled night;
And a grief may bid, and evening guest,
Bot joy shall come with early light”
“Thou unrelenting Past!
Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain,
And fetters, sure and fast,
Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign.”
Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain,
And fetters, sure and fast,
Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign.”
“These struggling tides of life that seem
In wayward, aimless course to tend,
Are eddies of the mighty stream
That rolls to its appointed end.”
In wayward, aimless course to tend,
Are eddies of the mighty stream
That rolls to its appointed end.”
“Wild was the day; the wintry sea
Moaned sadly on New England's strand,
When first the thoughtful and the free,
Our fathers, trod the desert land.”
Moaned sadly on New England's strand,
When first the thoughtful and the free,
Our fathers, trod the desert land.”
“Thine eyes are springs in whose serene
And silent waters heaven is seen;
Their lashes are the herbs that look
On their young figures in the brook.”
And silent waters heaven is seen;
Their lashes are the herbs that look
On their young figures in the brook.”
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William Cullen Bryant on Flowers 9 quotes
“And at my silent window-sill The jessamine peeps in.”
William Cullen Bryant on Trees 5 quotes
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“Or, bide thou where the poppy blows With windflowers frail and fair.”
William Cullen Bryant on Wind 3 quotes
“Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find The perfumes thou dost bring?”
William Cullen Bryant on Nature 2 quotes
“Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.”
William Cullen Bryant on Death 2 quotes
“All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.”
William Cullen Bryant on February 2 quotes
“The February sunshine steeps your boughs And tints the buds and swells the leaves within.”
William Cullen Bryant on October 2 quotes
“And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, And the year smiles as it draws near its death.”
William Cullen Bryant on Bobolinks 2 quotes
“Robert of Lincoln is gayly drest, Wearing a bright black wedding-coat; White are his shoulders and white his crest.”
William Cullen Bryant on Autumn 2 quotes
“The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sear.”
William Cullen Bryant on Truth 2 quotes
“Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshippers.”
William Cullen Bryant on November 2 quotes
“On my cornice linger the ripe black grapes ungathered; Children fill the groves with the echoes of their glee, Gathering tawny chestnuts, and shouting when beside them Drops the heavy fruit of the tall black-walnut tree.”
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William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American Romantic poet and journalist.