William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.

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    Thus change the forms of being. Thus arise
    Races of living things, glorious in strength,
    And perish, as the quickening breath of God
    Fills them, or is withdrawn.
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief;
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    I shall see
    The hour of death draw near to me,
    Hope, blossoming within my heart,
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)