Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep

Quote by William Cullen Bryant

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That rolls to its appointed end.

That rolls to its appointed end.

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....

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

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

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...

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...

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 groves were God's first temples.

The groves were God's first temples.

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

The words of fire that from his pen Were flung upon the fervid page, Still...

The words of fire that from his pen Were flung upon the fervid page, Still...

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

At my age flowers scare me.

At my age flowers scare me.

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...