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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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William C. Bryant was an American poet, born on November 3, 1794, and died on June 12, 1878. His poetry is known for its concise language and profound emotional expression, which has had a profound impact on American literature. more

“Ah, passing few are they who speak, Wild, stormy month! in praise of thee; Yet though thy winds are loud and bleak, Thou art a welcome month to me. For thou, to northern lands, again The glad and glorious sun dost bring, And thou hast joined the gentle train And wear'st the gentle name of Spring.”

Art Names Speak Sun Land Wind Months Spring Praise Train Glad Passing Passings Welcome Thee Loud Gentle Glorious March Bleak Stormy

Author:William C. Bryant

“Your peaks are beautiful, ye Apennines! In the soft light of these serenest skies; From the broad highland region, black with pines, Fair as the hills of Paradise they rise, Bathed in the tint Peruvian slaves behold In rosy flushes on the virgin gold.”

Light Beautiful Black Sky Fairs Gold Slave Hills Paradise Regions Broads Virgins Rosy Peruvians

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“Music is not merely a study, it is an entertainment; wherever there is music there is a throng of listeners.”

Music Study Music Is Entertainment Listeners

Author:William C. Bryant

“On my cornice linger the ripe black grapes ungathered; Children fill the groves with the echoes of their glee, Gathering tawny chestnuts, and shouting when beside them Drops the heavy fruit of the tall black-walnut tree.”

Children Black Tree Fruit Heavy Tall Echoes Gathering Grapes November Ripe Shouting Glee Grove Chestnuts Walnuts Walnut Trees

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“There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way.”

Way Care Teach Providence

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“Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy and stubborn prejudices operate in their greatest force.”

Mean Self Force Interest Conscience Prejudice Unhappy Agents Deceiving Stubborn Self Interest Ingenious Persuasive

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“Lo! while we are gazing, in swifter haste Stream down the snows, till the air is white, As, myriads by myriads madly chased, They fling themselves from their shadowy height. The fair, frail creatures of middle sky, What speed they make, with their grave so nigh; Flake after flake, To lie in the dark and silent lake!”

Lying Dark White Air Sky Middle Creatures Fairs Silent Speed Graves Snow Height Streams Lakes Haste Frail Fling Gazing Flakes

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“Stand here by my side and turn, I pray, On the lake below thy gentle eyes; The clouds hang over it, heavy and gray, And dark and silent the water lies; And out of that frozen mist the snow In wavering flakes begins to flow; Flake after flake, They sink in the dark and silent lake.”

Eye Lying Turns Sides Water Dark Praying Flow Silent Clouds Heavy Snow Gentle Lakes Over It Gray Frozen I Pray Mist Flakes Wavering Hang Over

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“Showers and sunshine bring, Slowly, the deepening verdure o'er the earth; To put their foliage out, the woods are slack, And one by one the singing-birds come back.”

Earth Spring Singing Bird Woods Sunshine Showers Foliage Singing Birds

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