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 thirst to know and understand,
A large and liberal discontent.”
—Sir William Watson (1858–1935)
“While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,
Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue
Thy solitary way!”
—William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
“So they, who climb to wealth, forget
The friends in darker fortunes tried.
I copied them—but I regret
That I should ape the ways of pride.”
—William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)