William C. Bryant
William C. Bryant
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 November 1794
CountryUnited States of America
autumn blue heaven
Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue....
flower air rose
The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows...
summer fall autumn
Ere, in the northern gale, The summer tresses of the trees are gone, The woods of Autumn, all around our vale, Have put their glory on.
grieving promise
I grieve for life's bright promise, just shown and then withdrawn.
death dying slumber
All that tread, the globe are but a handful to the tribes, that slumber in its bosom.
spring lying june
I gazed upon the glorious sky And the green mountains round, And thought that when I came to lie At rest within the ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain-turf should break.
truth earth crushed
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again.
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.
freedom race free-spirit
Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?
dream lying moving
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 by his dungeon; but, sustain'd 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." Thanatopsis
blow poppies failing
Or, bide thou where the poppy blows With windflowers fail and fair.
stars eye joy
There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.
adversity greatness rocks
Adversity is the nurse of greatness which roughly rocks her patients back to health.
god passing-away lasts
All things that are on earth shall wholly pass away, Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye.