Thy early smile has stayed my walkBut midst the gorgeous blooms of May,I passed thee on thy humble stalk.
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I shall seeThe hour of death draw near to me,Hope, blossoming within my heart. . . .William Cullen Bryant
So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
William Cullen Bryant
Wild was the day the wintry sea Moaned sadly on New England's strand, When first the thoughtful and the free, Our fathers, trod the desert land.
William Cullen Bryant
I stand and calmly wait till the hinges turn for me.
William Cullen Bryant
And thus decreed the court above--
"Since Love is blind from Folly's blow,
Let Folly be the guide of Love,
Where'er the boy may choose to go.
William Cullen Bryant
But 'neath yon crimson tree Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her blush of maiden shame.
William Cullen Bryant
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