William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) Midsummer October November To an American Painter Departing for Europe Mutation William Tell Midsummer A power is on the earth and in the air From which the vital spirit shrinks afraid, And shelters him, in nooks of deepest shade, From the hot steam and from the fiery glare. Look forth upon the earth--her thousand plants Are smitten; even the dark sun-loving ...

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) born Nov. 3, 1794 , Cummington, Mass died June 12, 1878 , New York City 1794-1878, American poet and newspaper editor, b. Cummington, Mass. The son of a learned and highly respected physician, Bryant was exposed to English poetry in his father fs vast library. As a boy he became devoted to the New England countryside and was a keen observer of nature. In his ...