William Cullen Bryant Quotes
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All things that are on earth shall wholly pass away, Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye.
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All great poets have been men of great knowledge.
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These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end.
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Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase is fruits of innocence and blessedness.
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Adversity is the nurse of greatness which roughly rocks her patients back to health.
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Gently - so have good men taught - Gently, and without grief, the old shall glide Into the new; the eternal flow of things, Like a bright river of the fields of heaven, Shall journey onward in perpetual peace.
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Flowers spring up unsown and die ungathered.
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Ah, never shall the land forget How gush'd the life-blood of the brave, Gush'd warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they fought to save!
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Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.
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Genius, with all its pride in its own strength, is but a dependent quality, and cannot put forth its whole powers nor claim all its honors without an amount of aid from the talents and labors of others which it is difficult to calculate.
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The victory of endurance born.
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Is not thy home among the flowers?
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I shall seeThe hour of death draw near to me,Hope, blossoming within my heart. . . .