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Title: Bryant. Poems from the works of William Cullen Bryant
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 Hedgdon, Josephine E., (from old catalog) comp
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and compnay
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE WORDS OF THE KORAN. Emie Hassan, of the prophets race,Asked with folded hands the Al-mightys grace.Then within the banquet-hall he satAt his meal upon the embroidered mat. There a slave before him placed the food,Spilling from the charger, as he stood,Awkwardly, upon the Emirs breast,Drops that foully stained the silken vest. To the floor, in great remorse anddread, Fell the slave, and thus beseechingsaid: Master! they who hasten to re-strain Rising wrath, in Paradise shallreign. Gentle was the answer Hassan gave:Im not angry. Yet, pursued the slave,Yet doth higher recompense be-longTo the injured who forgives a wrong. Yet we I forgive, said Hassan. read,Thus the prostrate slave went on to plead, That a higher place in glory stillWaits the man who renders good for ill. Slave, receive thy freedom, and be-hold In thy hands I lay a purse of gold; Let me never fail to heed in aught What the prophet of our God hathtaught. 81 BRYANT.
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THE MYSTERY OF FLOWERS. Not idly do I stray And note, along my way, At prime, where far the mountain Each flower that opens in the earlyy ridges run, sun; 83 LEAFLfiW+fROM STANDARD AUTHORS. Or gather blossoms by the valleysspring, When the sun sets and dancing in-sects sing. Each has her moral rede,Each of the gentle family of flowers; And I with patient heed,Oft spell their lessons in my graver hours.The faintest streak that on a petal lies,May speak instruction to initiate eyes. ClTMMINGTON, 1S40. And well do poets teachEach blossoms charming mystery; declare,In clear melodious speech,The silent admonitions pencilled there;And from the Love of Beauty, aptly taught,Lead to a higher good, the willing thought. Eoslyn, 1875. 84 BRYANT. THE CENTENNIAL HYMN. Through calm and storm the years Oh, chequered train of years, fare- have ledOur nation on, from stage to stage—A centurys space—until we treadThe threshold of another age. We see where oer our pathway swept A torrent-stream of bl

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