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> [Lay down the axe; fling by the spade; Leave in its track the toiling plough; The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were fitter now; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light task, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/lay-down-the-axe-fling-by-the-spade-leave-in-its-track-the-toiling/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

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## Other authors on Bayonets

## More by William C. Bryant

> [The gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/the-gentle-race-of-flowers-are-lying-in-their-lowly-beds/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [The victory of endurance born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/the-victory-of-endurance-born/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [Features, the great soul's apparent seat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/features-the-great-soul-s-apparent-seat/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/the-february-sunshine-steeps-your-boughs-and-tints-the-buds-and/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [Lo! while we are gazing, in swifter haste Stream down the snows, till the air is white, As, myriads by myriads madly chased, They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/lo-while-we-are-gazing-in-swifter-haste-stream-down-the-snows-till/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [Sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/sustained-and-soothed-by-an-unfaltering-trust-approach-thy-grave-like/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [But Winter has yet brighter scenes-he boasts Splendors beyond what gorgeous Summer knows; Or Autumn with his many fruits, and woods All flushed with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/but-winter-has-yet-brighter-scenes-he-boasts-splendors-beyond-what/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/there-is-a-power-whose-care-teaches-thy-way/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,- The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/truth-crushed-to-earth-shall-rise-again-the-eternal-years-of-god-are/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [And the blue gentian-flower, that, in the breeze, Nods lonely, of her beauteous race the last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/and-the-blue-gentian-flower-that-in-the-breeze-nods-lonely-of-her/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [A silence, the brief Sabbath of an hour, Reigns o'er the fields; the laborer sits within His dwelling; he has left his steers awhile,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/a-silence-the-brief-sabbath-of-an-hour-reigns-o-er-the-fields-the/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [The rugged trees are mingling Their flowery sprays in love; The ivy climbs the laurel To clasp the boughs above.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/the-rugged-trees-are-mingling-their-flowery-sprays-in-love-the-ivy/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night; And grief may hide an evening guest, But joy shall come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/there-is-a-day-of-sunny-rest-for-every-dark-and-troubled-night-and/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/poetry-is-that-art-which-selects-and-arranges-the-symbols-of-thought/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

> [God hath yoked to guilt her pale tormentor,--misery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/god-hath-yoked-to-guilt-her-pale-tormentor-misery/)

[William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/)

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