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"Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness—a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion." |
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William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), U.S. poet, editor. Speech, December 15, 1851.
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"on thy brow
Shall sit a nobler grace than now.
Deep in the brightness of the skies
The thronging years in glory rise.
And, as they fleet,
Drop strength and riches at thy feet." |
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William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), U.S. poet. Oh Mother of a Mighty Race (l. 37-42). . .
Family Book of Best Loved Poems, The. David L. George, ed. (1952) Doubleday & Company.
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