William C. Bryant was a famous Poet from USA, who lived between November 3, 1794 and 1878.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding.
Our collection contains 22 quotes who is written / told by William.
22 Famous quotes by William C. Bryant
"A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty"
"Where hast thou wandered. gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring?"
"The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within"
"Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign"
"A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep"
"Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook"
"Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower"
"Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster - children into strength and athletic proportion"
"There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by"
"The little windflower, whose just opened eye is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at"
"The groves were God's first temples"
"Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings"
"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place"
"And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death"
"Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger"
"The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep tonight"
"Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep"
"Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness"
"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"
"All that tread, the globe are but a handful to the tribes, that slumber in its bosom"
"To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language"
