...piece we give for the purpose of showing one of the peculiarities of his poems, written in boyhood : ' I would that thus, when I shall see The hour of death...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I deport.' Bryant was a man of wealth and position ; but he did not live for the gratification of self....

...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower frpm its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. In Dr. Bigelow's Plants of Boston and its vicinity, three sorts or species of Gentian are described;...

...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. Bryant. WITH WILD FLOWERS TO A SICK FRIEND. Rise from the dells where ye first were born, From the...

...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as 1 depait. THE CROWDED STREET. LET me move slowly through the street, Filled with an ever-shifting train,...

...absolutely and infinitely perfect, that is, no God. LESSON C. The Twenty-second of December.—-BRYANT. WILD was the day ; the wintry sea Moaned sadly on...strand, When first the thoughtful and the free— Our fathers—trod the desert land. They little thought how pure a light, With years, should gather round...

...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart." The poem "To a Cloud" is full of rich and delicate description, indeed it is one of the most delightful...

...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue— as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. FATHERS. IT is the spot I came to seek, — My fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales,...

...objects were the free exercise of their religion and a peaceable home, landed on the 22d December, 1620. Wild was the day, the wintry sea Moaned sadly on New...first the thoughtful and the free, Our fathers, trod the desert land. They little thought how pure a light, Witli years, should gather round that day ;...

...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. THE MERMAID'S SONG. COME, mariner, down in the deep with me, And hide thee under the wave ; For I have...

...absolutely and infinitely perfect, that is, no God. LESSON C. The Twenty-second of December. — BRYANT. WILD was the day ; the wintry sea Moaned sadly on...the thoughtful and the free — Our fathers — trod the desert land. They little thought how pure a light, With years, should gather round that day ; How...