William C. Bryant
William C. Bryant
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 November 1794
CountryUnited States of America
speak weak overflow
Tender pauses speak The overflow of gladness, When words are all too weak.
causes states stable
A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep.
life flower rose
Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.
nature flower rose
The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyone the sculpted flower.
lonely flower race
And the blue gentian-flower, that, in the breeze, Nods lonely, of her beauteous race the last.
guilt misery pale
God hath yoked to guilt her pale tormentor,--misery.
ivy tree mingling
The rugged trees are mingling Their flowery sprays in love; The ivy climbs the laurel To clasp the boughs above.
window silent
And at my silent window-sill The jessamine peeps in.
ocean men green
That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,-- Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
dream peace morning
The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again The welcome morning with its rays of peace.
sunshine sun showers
Pleasantly, between the pelting showers, the sunshine gushes down.
beautiful light sky
Your peaks are beautiful, ye Apennines! In the soft light of these serenest skies; From the broad highland region, black with pines, Fair as the hills of Paradise they rise, Bathed in the tint Peruvian slaves behold In rosy flushes on the virgin gold.
music entertainment study
Music is not merely a study, it is an entertainment; wherever there is music there is a throng of listeners.
children echoes tree
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.