Bryant, William Cullen, eminent American
editor and poet, was born in Cummington,
Mass., November 3, 1794; spent two years
at Williams College, after which he studled
law and practiced about ten years. In
1826 he connected himself with the New
York Evening Post and continued to be one
of its editors and proprietors to the day of
his death, June 12, 1878. Bryant is known
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as one of the ablest and sweetest of American
poets. Many editions of his poems
have been published. He also made an excellent
translation of Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey. Nineteen of his hymns were privately
printed and circulated among his
friends in 1869. A number of them are in common use.
| Dear ties of mutual succor bind |
689 |
| Deem not that they are blest alone |
456 |
| Look from thy sphere of endless day |
644 |
| Thou whose unmeasured temple |
659 |
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