Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully. -William Cullen Bryant

 

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.


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Yet will that beauteous image makeThe dreary sea less drearAnd thy remembered smile will wakeThe hope that tramples fear.

William Cullen Bryant

I grieve for life's bright promise, just shown and then withdrawn.

William Cullen Bryant

The sounds I had heard seemed worthy to mingle with this bright and perfumed atmosphere, and to thrill the beautiful scenery around me.

William Cullen Bryant

All at onceA fresher wind sweeps by, and breaks my dream,And I am in the wilderness alone.

William Cullen Bryant

The stormy March has come at last,With wind, and cloud, and changing skies;I hear the rushing of the blast,That through the snowy valley flies.

William Cullen Bryant