William Cullen Bryant: Quotes about love

William Cullen Bryant was American romantic poet and journalist. Explore interesting quotes on love.
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“Loveliest of lovely things are they,
On earth, that soonest pass away.
The rose that lives its little hour
Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.”

William Cullen Bryant

A Scene on the Banks of the Hudson http://www.4literature.net/William_Cullen_Bryant/Scene_on_the_Banks_of_the_Hudson/, st. 3 (1828)

“The summer morn is bright and fresh, the birds are darting by,
As if they loved to breast the breeze that sweeps the cool clear sky.”

William Cullen Bryant

The Strange Lady http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16341/16341-h/16341-h.htm#page211, st. 6 (1835)

“The rugged trees are mingling
Their flowery sprays in love;
The ivy climbs the laurel
To clasp the boughs above.”

William Cullen Bryant

The Serenade http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16341/16341-h/16341-h.htm#page189, St. 14

“All things that are on earth shall wholly pass away,
Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye.”

William Cullen Bryant

as quoted in Poems http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=Ep4tAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&vq=%22The+love+of+God%22#v=onepage&q=%22The%20love%20of%20God%22&f=false, from the Provensal Of Bernard Rascas

“To him who in the love of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language.”

William Cullen Bryant

Source: Thanatopsis (1817–1821), l. 1