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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    Ah! never shall the land forget
    How gushed the life-blood of her brave—
    Gushed, warm with hope and courage yet,
    Upon the soil they fought to save.
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    Thine eyes shall see the light of distant skies:
    Yet, Cole! thy heart shall bear to Europe’s strand
    A living image of our own bright land,
    Such as upon thy glorious canvas lies;
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    Man hath no part in all this glorious work:
    The hand that built the firmament hath heaved
    And smoothed these verdant swells, and sown their slopes
    With herbage,
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)