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.

Read more about William Cullen Bryant:  Youth and Education, Poetry, Editorial Career, Later Years, Critical Response, Legacy, Further Reading

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    on thy brow
    Shall sit a nobler grace than now.
    Deep in the brightness of the skies
    The thronging years in glory rise.
    And, as they fleet,
    Drop strength and riches at thy feet.
    William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died,
    The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side,
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    An illiterate king is a crowned ass.
    —Medieval English proverb.

    Said by the chronicler William of Malmesbury to have been much used by King Henry I of England (1068-1135)

    Ah! never shall the land forget
    How gushed the life-blood of her brave—
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    Upon the soil they fought to save.
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    Merrily swinging on brier and weed,
    Near to the nest of his litle dame,
    Over the mountainside or mead,
    Robert of Lincoln is telling his name:
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    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)