--- title: "3 Cheerful Quotes By William C. Bryant" description: "3 Cheerful quotes by William C. Bryant. Plus more from William C. Bryant and more Cheerful sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/william-c-bryant-3570_break_i-gazed-upon-the-glorious-sky-and-the-gr_857311.jpg" --- > [I gazed upon the glorious sky And the green mountains round, And thought that when I came to lie At rest within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/i-gazed-upon-the-glorious-sky-and-the-green-mountains-round-and/) [William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/william-c-bryant-3570_break_i-gazed-upon-the-glorious-sky-and-the-gr_857311.jpg) > [The sad and solemn night hath yet her multitude of cheerful fires; The glorious host of light walk the dark hemisphere till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/the-sad-and-solemn-night-hath-yet-her-multitude-of-cheerful-fires-the/) [William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/william-c-bryant-3570_cheerful_the-sad-and-solemn-night-hath-yet-her-mu_1763704.png) > [The blacks of this region are a cheerful, careless, dirty, race, not hard worked, and in many respects indulgently treated. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/the-blacks-of-this-region-are-a-cheerful-careless-dirty-race-not-hard/) [William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/william-c-bryant-3570_careless_the-blacks-of-this-region-are-a-cheerful_1902666.png) ## Other authors on Cheerful - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mother-teresa-69278.jpg) Mother Teresa 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/mother-teresa/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-wordsworth-96037.jpg) William Wordsworth 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/william-wordsworth/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/william-shakespeare/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-50782.jpg) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/charles-dickens/) ## 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. 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