William Cullen Bryant

1794-1878 / Male / American

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A first path through William Cullen Bryant, balancing reader signal, quality labels, registers, and obvious canonical titles.

Nature, Moon, and Flowers

Moons, flowers, deer, wind, fountains, fields, and Bryant's American nature hymn.

Legends, Translations, and Tales

Legends, Spanish and German tales, hunters, knights, and Bryant's narrative reach.

Death, Time, and Memory

Ages, epitaphs, murdered travellers, dead flowers, and Bryant's meditations on time.

Ode For An Agricultural CelebrationFar back in the ages, / The plough with wreaths was crowned; / The hands of kings and sages / Entwin

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The Crowded StreetLet me move slowly through the street, / Filled with an ever-shifting train, / Amid the sound of ste

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A Northern Legend (From The German Of Uhland)There sits a lovely maiden, / The ocean murmuring nigh; / She throws the hook, and watches; / The fi

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The White-Footed DeerIt was a hundred years ago, / When, by the woodland ways, / The traveller saw the wild deer drink, /

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Innocent Child And Snow-White FlowerInnocent child and snow-white flower! / Well are ye paired in your opening hour. / Thus should the p

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The Conjunction Of Jupiter And VenusI would not always reason. The straight path / Wearies us with its never-varying lines, / And we gro

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To Cole, The Painter, Departing For Europe: A SonnetThine eyes shall see the light of distant skies: / Yet, COLE! thy heart shall bear to Europe's stran

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The Hunter Of The PrairiesAy, this is freedom!--these pure skies / Were never stained with village smoke: / The fragrant wind,

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The New MoonWhen, as the garish day is done, / Heaven burns with the descended sun, / 'Tis passing sweet to mark

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A Summer RambleThe quiet August noon has come, / A slumberous silence fills the sky, / The fields are still, the wo

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