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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    Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again;
    Th’ eternal years of God are hers;
    But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,
    And dies among his worshippers.
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    Gaze on them, till the tears shall dim thy sight,
    But keep that earlier, wilder image bright.
    —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:
    Bob-o’-link, bob-o’-link,
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)