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ON THIS DATE
William Cullen Bryant was born 11/3/1794, at Cummington, MA; a leading earlier poet. He died 6/12/1878.
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“No trumpet-blast profound
The hour in which the Prince of Peace was born;
No bloody streamlet stained
Earth’s silver rivers on the sacred morn.” – Christmas in 1875
Closing stanza of his To A Waterfowl
He, who, from zone to zone,
Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight,
In the long way that I must treat alone,
Will lead my steps aright.
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