William Cullen Bryant Quotes

American - Poet | November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878

The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within.

William Cullen Bryant

SunshineFebruaryWithinYourBuds

Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower.

William Cullen Bryant

FlowerRoseEarthBeyondLovely

Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.

William Cullen Bryant

NatureSkyGoOpenForthList

There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.

William Cullen Bryant

NatureJoyEyeBlossomLovingGlory

The little windflower, whose just opened eye is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at.

William Cullen Bryant

NatureBlueSpringEyeHeavenJust

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.

William Cullen Bryant

ChangeWorldChangesKeepCauseDid

And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death.

William Cullen Bryant

New Year'sDeathGrowYearSmiles

The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep tonight.

William Cullen Bryant

NatureLightSkyMoonCalmSummer

A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.

William Cullen Bryant

BeautyMarbleSculptorGrowsChisel

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

William Cullen Bryant

PoetryProseEloquence

Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring?

William Cullen Bryant

NatureFindGentleBringWhereThou

A beautiful city is Richmond, seated on the hills that overlook the James River. The dwellings have a pleasant appearance, often standing by themselves in the midst of gardens. In front of several, I saw large magnolias, their dark, glazed leaves glittering in the March sunshine.

William Cullen Bryant

BeautifulSunshineRiverCityDark

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