William Ellery Channing (poet)
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In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright
Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night,
She still is there, the guardian on the tower,
To open for the world a purer hour.
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It is through him that all men see.
William Ellery Channing (June 10, 1818 – December 23, 1901) was a Transcendentalist poet and nephew of the Unitarian preacher William Ellery Channing.
Quotes
[edit]- "Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."
- I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me;
If my bark sinks, 't is to another sea.- A Poet's Hope, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- I sing New England, as she lights her fire
In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright
Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night,
She still is there, the guardian on the tower,
To open for the world a purer hour.- New England, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Most joyful let the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.- The Poet of the old and new Times, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- My highway is unfeatured air,
My consorts are the sleepless stars,
And men my giant arms upbear —
My arms unstained and free from scars.- Hymn of the Earth, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- A wail in the wind is all I hear;
A voice of woe for a lover's loss.- Tears in Spring, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).