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

    Dame Poverty gave me my name,
    And Pain godfathered me.
    —Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

    Another hand thy sword shall wield,
    Another hand the standard wave,
    Till from the trumpet’s mouth is pealed
    The blast of triumph o’er thy grave.
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)