The story of Bryant (90,00 руб.)

INSTRUCTOR LITERATURE SERIES The Story of Bryant BY Inez N. McFee F. A. OWEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, DANSVILLE, N. Y. Copyriqht 1909. <...> His father, Dr. Peter Bryant, a physician, whose father and grandfather had been physicians, was a descendent of the Mayflower company. <...> He knew several languages and delighted in poetry and music. <...> His son owed a great deal to his help and guidance, and ever cherished a most tender memory of his father whose life was "marked with some act of goodness every day." He tells us about him in several of his poems. <...> In "The Ages" he says: — "Peace to the just man's memory, — let it grow Greener with years and blossom through the flight Of ages; et the mimic canvas show His calm benevolent features; let the light Stream on his deeds of love, that shunned the sight Of all but heaven, and, in the book of fame, The glorious record of his virtues write, And hold it up to men, and bid them claim A palm like his, and catch from him the hallowed flame." And in "The Old Man's Funeral" he-questions: — "Why mourn ye that our aged friend is dead? <...> Ye are not sad to see the gathered grain, Nor when their mellow fruit the orchards cast, Nor when the yellow woods shake down the ripened mast. * * * * * * "Why weep ye then for him, who, having won The bound of man's appointed years, at last, 3 The Story of Bryant His early life Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done, Serenely to his final rest has passed; While the soft memory of his virtues, yet, Lingers like twilight hues when the bright sun is set." William Cullen Bryant's mother was Sarah Snell, a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla, from whom Longfellow was also descended. <...> She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. "She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. "She riseth also while it <...>