Eloquence is the poetry of prose. William C. Bryant More Quotes by William C. Bryant More Quotes From William C. Bryant He [William Henry Harrison] did not live long enough to prove his incapacity for the office of President. William C. Bryant office president long The groves were God's first temple. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,--ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication. William C. Bryant silence sound men Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign. William C. Bryant reign agony pain When April winds William C. Bryant june flower air Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger. William C. Bryant truth running funny The sweet calm sunshine of October, now William C. Bryant sunshine sweet fall Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook. William C. Bryant eye spring water Can anything be imagined more abhorrent to every sentiment of generosity and justice, than the law which arms the rich with the legal right to fix, by assize, the wages of the poor? If this is not slavery, we have forgotten its definition. Strike the right of associating for the sale of labor from the privileges of a freeman, and you may as well bind him to a master, or ascribe him to the soil. William C. Bryant generosity law justice The blacks of this region are a cheerful, careless, dirty, race, not hard worked, and in many respects indulgently treated. It is of course the desire of the master that his slaves shall be laborious; on the other hand it is the determination of the slave to lead as easy a life as he can. The master has the power of punishment on his side; the slave, on his, has invincible inclination, and a thousand expedients learned by long practice... Good natured though imperfect and slovenly obedience on one side, is purchased by good treatment on the other. William C. Bryant hard-work determination dirty The summer day is closed - the sun is set: William C. Bryant garden flower summer It is said to be the manner of hypochondriacs to change often their physician. William C. Bryant medical physicians said Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers, that lately sprang and stood William C. Bryant sister light flower Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile will wake The hope that tramples fear William C. Bryant remembered conflict sea Much has seen said of the wisdom of old age. Old age is wise, I grant, for itself, but not wise for the community. It is wise in declining new enterprises, for it has not the power nor the time to execute them; wise in shrinking from difficulty, for it has not the strength to overcome it; wise in avoiding danger, for it lacks the faculty of ready and swift action, by which dangers are parried and converted into advantages. But this is not wisdom for mankind at large, by whom new enterprises must be undertaken, dangers met, and difficulties surmounted. William C. Bryant community age wise [Thanatopsis] was written in 1817, when Bryant was 23. Had he died then, the world would have thought it had lost a great poet. But he lived on. William C. Bryant poet lost world Look on this beautiful world, and read the truth in her fair page. William C. Bryant pages earth beautiful The linden, in the fervors of July, William C. Bryant july keys summer The summer morn is bright and fresh, the birds are darting by. As if they loved to breast the breeze that sweeps the cool clear sky. William C. Bryant june summer sky Glorious are the woods in their latest gold and crimson, William C. Bryant autumn growth summer Pleasantly, between the pelting showers, the sunshine gushes down. William C. Bryant sunshine showers sun
