William Cullen Bryant Quotes


28 quotes:

"How shall I know thee in the sphere which keepsThe disembodied spirits of the dead,When all of thee that time could wither sleepsAnd perishes among the dust we tread?"
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Poetry Quotes
"Tender pauses speakThe overflow of gladness,When words are all too weak."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Words Quotes
"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."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Smiles Quotes Universe Quotes
"Thy early smile has stayed my walk;But midst the gorgeous blooms of May,I passed thee on thy humble stalk."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Smiles Quotes
"Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Smiles Quotes
"There is a power whose careTeaches thy way along that pathless coast, --"
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Power Quotes
"Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign"
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Pain Quotes
"Is this a time to be cloudy and sad,When our mother Nature laughs around;When even the deep blue heavens look glad,And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground?"
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Mother Quotes
"To him who in the love of Nature holdsCommunion with her visible forms, she speaksA various language."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Language Quotes
"Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue. . . ."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Heaven Quotes
"Deep in the brightness of the skiesThe thronging years in glory rise.And, as they fleet,Drop strength and riches at thy feet."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Glory Quotes
"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."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Fire Quotes
"And wrath has left its scar -- that fire of hellHas left its frightful scar upon my soul."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Fire Quotes
"But I behold a fearful sign,To which the white men's eyes are blind;Their race may vanish hence, like mine,And leave no trace behind,Save ruins o'er the region spread,And the white stones above the dead."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Eyes Quotes
"The praise of those who sleep in earth, The pleasant memory of their worth, The hope to meet when life is past, Shall heal the tortured mind at last."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Memory Quotes Sleep Quotes
"Ah! never shall the land forget How gushed the life-blood of her brave -- Gushed, warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they fought to save."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Courage Quotes Soil Quotes
"Ah! never shall the land forgetHow gushed the life-blood of her brave --Gushed, warm with hope and courage yet,Upon the soil they fought to save."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Courage Quotes
"Yet will that beauteous image makeThe dreary sea less drearAnd thy remembered smile will wakeThe hope that tramples fear"
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Courage Quotes
"And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died,The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side. . . ."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: Beauty Quotes
"To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language."
Author: Bryant Quotes Category: American Poet Quotes

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