William Cullen Bryant was a legendary 19th century American poet, journalist and editor. He fascinated the masses with his writing skills at an early age of 14 when he published his first best-selling poem titled ‘The Embargo’. After completing law he landed up at a job as an attorney. His work as an attorney rekindled his passion for poetry and wrote the poem ‘To a Waterfowl’. This was followed by the most notable work of his career ‘Thanatopsis’ which delighted the editors of a renowned daily, and it was published as a complete verse. This made him popular and helped him get a job as an Assistant Editor for a daily newspaper. He soon shifted to ‘New York Evening Post’ where he eventually became the editor-in-chief. He worked there for the next 30 years during which he expressed his political ideas through it. He also fought for the rights of the workmen which helped him gain a reputation as an activist. He was acknowledged as ‘America’s leading poet’ after the collection of his poems was published. Go through the quotes and thoughts by the great poet which will definitely enlighten you about life. Presenting a collection of quotations and sayings by William Cullen Bryant on love, romance and life.
