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> [Lo! while we are gazing, in swifter haste Stream down the snows, till the air is white, As, myriads by myriads madly chased, They fling themselves from their shadowy height. The fair, frail creatures of middle sky, What speed 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/)

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> [Stand here by my side and turn, I pray, On the lake below thy gentle eyes; The clouds hang over it, heavy and gray, And dark and silent the water lies; And out of that frozen mist the snow In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/stand-here-by-my-side-and-turn-i-pray-on-the-lake-below-thy-gentle/)

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

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## 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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