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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STREAM OF LIFE, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh silvery streamlet of the fields
Last Line: The dust alone remains.
Subject(s): Life
First Line: Oh silvery streamlet of the fields
Last Line: The dust alone remains.
Subject(s): Life
OH silvery streamlet of the fields,
That flowest full and free,
For thee the rains of spring return,
The summer dews for thee;
And when thy latest blossoms die
In autumn's chilly showers,
The winter fountains gush for thee,
Till May brings back the flowers.
Oh Stream of Life! the violet springs
But once beside thy bed;
But one brief summer, on thy path,
The dews of heaven are shed.
Thy parent fountains shrink away,
And close their crystal veins,
And where thy glittering current flowed
The dust alone remains.
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