12) 88. To the Fringed Gentian by William Cullen Bryant. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...Nod o er the ground-bird s hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, 10 And frost and shortening days portend The...

13) 91. From "An Evening Revery" by William Cullen Bryant. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...Yet know not whither. Man foretells afar The courses of the stars; the very hour He knows when they shall darken or grow bright; Yet doth the eclipse of Sorrow and...

14) 92. The Antiquity of Freedom by William Cullen Bryant. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...Back to the earliest days of liberty. O FREEDOM! thou art not, as poets dream, A fair young girl, with light and delicate limbs, And wavy tresses gushing from the...

15) 99. The Death of Slavery by William Cullen Bryant. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...Stands in his native manhood, disenthralled. A shout of joy from the redeemed is sent; Ten thousand hamlets swell the hymn of thanks; Our rivers roll exulting, and...

16) 101. The Flood of Years by William Cullen Bryant. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...Bear all before them! On their foremost edge, And there alone, is Life. The Present there 5 Tosses and foams, and fills the air with roar Of mingled noises. There...

17) 82. O Fairest of the Rural Maids by William Cullen Bryant. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...Were all that met thine infant eye. Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, 5 Were ever in the sylvan wild; And all the beauty of the place Is in thy heart and...

18) 85. The Death of the Flowers by William Cullen Bryant. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the rabbit s tread. The robin and the wren are flown, and from the shrubs the jay, 5 And from the wood-top calls the crow...

19) 89. The Hunter of the Prairies by William Cullen Bryant. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...The branches, falls before my aim. Mine are the river-fowl that scream From the long stripe of waving sedge; The bear, that marks my weapon s gleam, Hides vainly...

20) 94. The Planting of the Apple-Tree by William Cullen Bryant. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...What plant we in this apple-tree? 10 Buds, which the breath of summer days Shall lengthen into leafy sprays; Boughs where the thrush, with crimson breast, Shall haunt...