Oh, sun! that o'er the western mountains now Goest down in … - William Cullen Bryant

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Oh, sun! that o'er the western mountains now
Goest down in glory! ever beautiful
And blessed is thy radiance, whether thou
Colourest the eastern heaven and night-mist cool,
Till the bright day-star vanish, or on high
Climbest and streamest thy white splendours from mid-sky.

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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And the blue gentian flower, that, in the breeze,
Nods lonely, of her beauteous race the last.

But ’neath yon crimson tree
Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame,
Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her blush of maiden shame.

Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again;
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes with pain,
And dies among his worshippers.

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