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William Cullen Bryant
1794 - 1878
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A Forest Hymn
The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned / To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, / And spread the roof above them, ere he framed
A Hymn Of The Sea
The sea is mighty, but a mightier sways / His restless billows. Thou, whose hands have scooped / His boundless gulfs and built his shore, thy breath,
A Northern Legend. - From The German Of Uhland. (Translations.)
There sits a lovely maiden, / The ocean murmuring nigh; / She throws the hook, and watches;
A Presentiment
"Oh father, let us hence, for hark, / A fearful murmur shakes the air. / The clouds are coming swift and dark:
A Scene On The Banks Of The Hudson
Cool shades and dews are round my way, / And silence of the early day; / Mid the dark rocks that watch his bed,
A Song Of Pitcairn's Island
Come take our boy, and we will go / Before our cabin door; / The winds shall bring us, as they blow,
A Summer Ramble
The quiet August noon has come, / A slumberous silence fills the sky, / The fields are still, the woods are dumb,
A Walk At Sunset
When insect wings are glistening in the beam / Of the low sun, and mountain-tops are bright, / Oh, let me, by the crystal valley-stream,
A Winter Piece
The time has been that these wild solitudes, / Yet beautiful as wild, were trod by me / Oftener than now; and when the ills of life
After A Tempest
The day had been a day of wind and storm; / The wind was laid, the storm was overpast, / And stooping from the zenith bright and warm
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