[Poems by Bryant in] A biography of William Cullen Bryant with Extracts from his Private Correspondence |
[Poems by Bryant in] A biography of William Cullen Bryant | ||
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[The word is given, the cruel arrow flies]
“The word is given, the cruel arrow fliesWith death-foreboding aim, and Woodbridge dies.
Lo! Hampshire's genius, bending o'er his bier,
In silent sorrow heaves the sigh sincere;
Loose to the wind her hair dishevelled flies
And falling tear-drops glisten in her eyes.”
[Poems by Bryant in] A biography of William Cullen Bryant | ||