They talk of short-lived pleasures—be it so— pain dies as q… - William Cullen Bryant

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They talk of short-lived pleasures—be it so—
pain dies as quickly: stern, hard-featured pain
Expires, and lets her weary prisoner go.
The fiercest agonies have shortest reign;
And after dreams of horror, comes again
The welcome morning with its rays of peace.

William Cullen Bryant

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William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American Romantic poet and journalist.

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These struggling tides of life that seem
In wayward, aimless course to tend,
Are eddies of the mighty stream
That rolls to its appointed end.

Thine eyes are springs in whose serene
And silent waters heaven is seen;
Their lashes are the herbs that look
On their young figures in the brook.

Go forth under the open sky, and list
To Nature's teachings.

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