William C. Bryant

Quotes

• “Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the m...”
• “There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye There is no fragrance in April breezes till breath...”
• “The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are a...”
• “The little windflower, whose just opened eye is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at.”
• “Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring?”
• “A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.”
• “Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.”
• “The groves were God's first temples.”