The words of fire that from his pen Were flung upon the fervid page, Still move, still shake the hearts of men, Amid a cold and coward age.

Quote by William Cullen Bryant

Topics: Age Quotes

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it...

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it...

Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away

Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away

Love and cowardice are really the same thing.

Love and cowardice are really the same thing.

Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile...

Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile...

The groves were God's first temples.

The groves were God's first temples.

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of...

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of...

That rolls to its appointed end.

That rolls to its appointed end.

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, And...

Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, And...

The moon is at her full, and, riding high, Floods the calm fields with light....

The moon is at her full, and, riding high, Floods the calm fields with light....

'Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, batter'd and black, as from a thousand...

'Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, batter'd and black, as from a thousand...