William C. Bryant
William C. Bryant
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 November 1794
CountryUnited States of America
lying dark air
Lo! while we are gazing, in swifter haste Stream down the snows, till the air is white, As, myriads by myriads madly chased, They fling themselves from their shadowy height. The fair, frail creatures of middle sky, What speed they make, with their grave so nigh; Flake after flake, To lie in the dark and silent lake!
soul faces features
Features, the great soul's apparent seat.
nature teaching sky
Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.
positive attitude winning
Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.
years october sun
And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death.
strength children greatness
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster children into strength and athletic proportion.
heart passion men
Alas! to seize the moment When the heart inclines to heart, And press a suit with passion, Is not a woman's part. If man come not to gather The roses where they stand, They fade among their foliage, They cannot seek his hand.
heart men maidens
Maidens hearts are always soft:Would that men's were truer!
wise community age
Much has seen said of the wisdom of old age. Old age is wise, I grant, for itself, but not wise for the community. It is wise in declining new enterprises, for it has not the power nor the time to execute them; wise in shrinking from difficulty, for it has not the strength to overcome it; wise in avoiding danger, for it lacks the faculty of ready and swift action, by which dangers are parried and converted into advantages. But this is not wisdom for mankind at large, by whom new enterprises must be undertaken, dangers met, and difficulties surmounted.
office long president
He [William Henry Harrison] did not live long enough to prove his incapacity for the office of President.
taste moral journalism
The journalist should be on his guard against publishing what is false in taste or exceptionable in morals.
grief dark night
There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night; And grief may hide an evening guest, But joy shall come with early light.
courage blood land
Ah, never shall the land forget How gush'd the life-blood of the brave, Gush'd warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they fought to save!
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.