William Cullen Bryant - Thanatopsis

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

William Cullen Bryant

So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

William Cullen Bryant

Or lose thyself in the continuous woods
Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound
Saving his own dashings.

William Cullen Bryant

The hills,
Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun.

William Cullen Bryant

To him who in the love of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language.

William Cullen Bryant

All that tread,
The globe are but a handful to the tribes
That slumber in its bosom.

William Cullen Bryant