William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.

Bryant was born on November 3, 1794,[1] in a log cabin near Cummington, Massachusetts; the home of his birth is today marked with a plaque.[2] He was the second son of Peter Bryant (b. Aug. 12, 1767, d. Mar. 20, 1820), a doctor and later a state legislator, and Sarah Snell (b. Dec. 4, 1768, d. May 6, 1847). The genealogy of his mother traces back to passengers on the Mayflower: John Alden (b. 1599, d. 1687), his wife Priscilla Mullins and her parents William and Alice Mullins. The story of the romance between John and Priscilla is the subject of a famous narrative poem by Longfellow “The Courtship of Miles Standish”.

Bryant Poems

THE AFRICAN CHIEF	AFTER A TEMPEST	THE AGED PASTOR	AMONG THE TREES	THE ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM	THE ARCTIC LOVER
THE AGES	AUTUMN WOODS	THE BATTLE-FIELD	THE BEE IN THE TAR-BARREL	“BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN”	THE BURIAL-PLACE A FRAGMENT
“A BROKEN AND A CONTRITE HEART, O GOD, THOU WILT NOT DESPISE”	THE BURIAL OF LOVE	THE CAPTIVE LOOSED	THE CHILD’S FUNERAL	CATTERSKILL FALLS	THE CENTENNIAL HYMN
THE CONJUNCTION OF JUPITER AND VENUS	THE CLOUD ON THE WAY	THE CONSTELLATIONS	CONSUMPTION	THE CONQUEROR’S GRAVE	CHRISTMAS IN 1875
THE CROWDED STREET	THE DAMSEL OF PERU	A DAY-DREAM	THE DEATH OF CHANNING	THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS	THE DEATH OF LINCOLN
DANTE	A DREAM	THE DEATH OF SLAVERY	THE DISINTERRED WARRIOR	EARTH	EARTH’S CHILDREN CLEAVE TO EARTH
THE EMBARGO	THE EARTH IS FULL OF THY RICHES	AN EVENING REVERY	THE EVENING WIND	EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE	THE FAREWELL
THE FIRMAMENT	THE FREEMAN’S HYMN	THE FOUNTAIN	FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY	A FOREST HYMN	THE GREEK BOY
THE GENIUS OF COLUMBIA	THE GLADNESS OF NATURE	THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS	THE GREEK PARTISAN	GREEN RIVER	HYMN TO DEATH

Bryant, William Cullen

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Bryant Poems