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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    And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief;
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    When beechen buds begin to swell,
    And woods the blue-bird’s warble know,
    The yellow violet’s modest bell
    Peeps from the last year’s leaves below.
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    There’s freedom at thy gates and rest
    For Earth’s downtrodden and oppressed,
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)