William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryantwas an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 November 1794
CountryUnited States of America
changing hear march rushing stormy valley
The stormy March has come at last,With wind, and cloud, and changing skies;I hear the rushing of the blast,That through the snowy valley flies.
breaks wilderness wind
All at onceA fresher wind sweeps by, and breaks my dream,And I am in the wilderness alone.
changing hear march rushing stormy valley
The stormy March has come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies; I hear the rushing of the blast, That through the snowy valley flies.
breaks wilderness wind
All at once A fresher wind sweeps by, and breaks my dream, And I am in the wilderness alone.
beautiful bright heard mingle scenery seemed sounds thrill worthy
The sounds I had heard seemed worthy to mingle with this bright and perfumed atmosphere, and to thrill the beautiful scenery around me.
appointed course life mighty rolls struggling tides
These struggling tides of life that seemIn wayward, aimless course to tend,Are eddies of the mighty streamThat rolls to its appointed end.
beauty blossom faded fair grew meek youthful
And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died,The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side. . . .
cold coward fire hearts shake words
The words of fire that from his penWere flung upon the fervid page,Still move, still shake the hearts of men,Amid a cold and coward age.
beautiful visions youth
The visions of my youth are pastToo bright, too beautiful to last.
gentle perish
So gentle and so beautiful, should perish with the flowers.
children summer
Summer wanes; the children are grown;Fun and frolic no more he knows. . . .
forth open
Go forth under the open sky, and listTo Nature's teachings.
breath delicate forest great issues smiles soul universe upholding visible
That delicate forest flower, With scented breath and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation of the indwelling Life, A visible token of the upholding Love, That are the soul of this great universe.
breath delicate forest great issues soul upholding visible
That delicate forest flower,With scented breath and look so like a smile,Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould,An emanation of the indwelling Life,A visible token of the upholding Love,That are the soul of this great universe.