Catterskill Falls (William Cullen Bryant Poems)
Midst greens and shades the Catterskill leaps,From cliffs where the wood-flower clings;All summer he moistens his verdant steepsWith the sweet ...
Midst greens and shades the Catterskill leaps,From cliffs where the wood-flower clings;All summer he moistens his verdant steepsWith the sweet ...
I sat beside the glowing grate, fresh heapedWith Newport coal, and as the flame grew bright--The many-coloured flame--and played and ...
When insect wings are glistening in the beamOf the low sun, and mountain-tops are bright,Oh, let me, by the crystal ...
It is the spot I came to seek,--My fathers' ancient burial-placeEre from these vales, ashamed and weak,Withdrew our wasted race.It ...
O constellations of the early night,That sparkled brighter as the twilight died,And made the darkness glorious! I have seenYour rays ...
Ere, in the northern gale,The summer tresses of the trees are gone,The woods of Autumn, all around our vale,Have put ...
FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND.There sits a lovely maiden,The ocean murmuring nigh;She throws the hook, and watches;The fishes pass it ...
When beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird's warble know, The yellow violet's modest bell Peeps from last-year's ...
Beautiful cloud! with folds so soft and fair, Swimming in the pure quiet air! Thy fleeces bathed in sunlight, while ...
Oh, slow to smit and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just! Who, in the fear of God, didst ...
Ay! gloriously thou standest there, Beautiful, boundless firmament! That swelling wide o'er earth and air, And round the horizon bent, ...
The country ever has a lagging Spring, Waiting for May to call its violets forth, And June its roses--showers and ...
It is a sultry day; the sun has drank The dew that lay upon the morning grass, There is no ...
Oh! could I hope the wise and pure in heart Might hear my song without a frown, nor deem My ...
I gazed upon the glorious sky And the green mountains round, And thought that when I came to lie At ...
The day had been a day of wind and storm;-- The wind was laid, the storm was overpast,-- And stooping ...
O constellations of the early night, That sparkled brighter as the twilight died, And made the darkness glorious! I have ...
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