Bryant. Poems from the works of William Cullen Bryant (1884) (14598139610)

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Title: Bryant. Poems from the works of William Cullen Bryant
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 Hedgdon, Josephine E., (from old catalog) comp
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and compnay
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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comes to joinThe innumerable caravan, which i movesTo that mysterious realm, where each shall takeHis chamber in the silent halls of death,Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,Scourged to his dungeon, but, sus-tained and soothedBy an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,Like one who wraps the drapery of his couchAbout him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. 16 BRYANT.
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THE YELLOW VIOLET. When beechen buds begin to swell,And woods the blue-birds warbleknow,The yellow violets modest bellPeeps from the last years leavesbelow. Ere russet fields their green resume,Sweet flower, I love, in forest bare, To meet thee, when thy faint per-fumeAlone is in the virgin air. Of all her train, the hands of SpringFirst plant thee in the waterymould, And I have seen thee blossomingBeside the snow-banks edges cold. 17 LEAFLETS FROM STANDARD AUTHORS. Thy parent sun, who bade thee view,Pale skies, and chilling moisturesip,Has bathed thee in his own brighthue,And streaked with jet thy glow-ing lip. Yet slight thy form, and low thy seat,And earthward bent thy gentle eye, Unapt the passing view to meet,When loftier flowers are flauntingnigh. Oft, in the sunless April day,Thy early smile has stayed mywalk: But midst the gorgeous blooms ofMay,I passed thee on thy humble stalk. So they, who climb to wealth, forgetThe friends in darker fortunestried.I copied them—but I regre