Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 [Last lines of Bryant's poem Thanatopsis]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06631.02 Author/Creator: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: 21 January 1878 Pagination: 1 p. ; 16.4 x 12.8 cm. Order a Copy
"So live, that when thy summons comes to join/ The innumerable caravan which moves/ To that mysterious realm where each shall take/ His chamber in the silent halls of Death,/ Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night,/ Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed/ By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave/ Like one who wraps the draping of his couch/ About him and lied down to pleasant dreams." Copied 12 January 1878; originally written between the years of 1811 and 1821.
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