[Poems by Bryant in] A biography of William Cullen Bryant ::

[Poems by Bryant in] A biography of William Cullen Bryant

with Extracts from his Private Correspondence

Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)

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[Job, good and just, in Uz had sojourned long]

[How awfully sublime and grand to see]

[The word is given, the cruel arrow flies]

[So seemed the Cretan labyrinth of old]

[The beautiful of Israel's land lie slain]

[Once more the Bard, with eager eye, reviews]

THE GENIUS OF COLUMBIA.

AD MUSAM.

“BROOKS'S CANADA SONG.

A MEMORY.

[Corinth! proud Corinth! who, upon the verge]

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[The word is given, the cruel arrow flies]

“The word is given, the cruel arrow flies
With 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.”

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[The word is given, the cruel arrow flies]