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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TWENTY-SECOND OF DECEMBER, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wild was the day; the wintry sea Last Line: This hallowed day like us shall keep. Subject(s): Winter | |||
WILD was the day; the wintry sea Moaned sadly on New-England's strand, When first, the thoughtful and the free, Our fathers, trod the desert land. They little thought how pure a light, With years, should gather round that day; How love should keep their memories bright, How wide a realm their sons should sway. Green are their bays; but greener still Shall round their spreading fame be wreathed, And regions, now untrod, shall thrill With reverence, when their names are breathed. Till where the sun, with softer fires, Looks on the vast Pacific's sleep, The children of the pilgrim sires This hallowed day like us shall keep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOOKING EAST IN THE WINTER by JOHN HOLLANDER WINTER DISTANCES by FANNY HOWE WINTER FORECAST by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN AT WINTER'S EDGE by JUDY JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE A FOREST HYMN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |
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