Poems (Bryant, 1821)

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Poems (1821)
by William Cullen Bryant

The Ages

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Poems was considered by many to be the first major book of American poetry.

This book is transcribed from a copy in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale Univeristy.

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POEMS

BY

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY HILLIARD AND METCALF.

1821.

POEMS

BY

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY HILLIARD AND METCALF.

1821.

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The first poem in this collection was delivered before a literary association. Some of the others have appeared before, in different periodical publications, and are now, by permission, inserted in this volume.

Poems (not listed in original)

The Ages5
To a Waterfowl25
Translation of a Fragment of Simonides29
Inscription for the Entrance into a Wood31
The Yellow Violet33
Song35
Green River36
Thanatopsis39

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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