"Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatnessa harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion." William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), U.S. poet, editor. Speech, December 15, 1851. |
"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." 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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