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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    “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)

    “The night whose sable breast relieves the stark,
    White stars, is no less lovely being dark,”
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    “Thou waitest late and com’st alone,
    When woods are bare and birds are flown,”
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)