The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year,
Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere.

William Cullen Bryant

The Death of the Flowers

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Topic

Autumn

Author

William Cullen Bryant

Source

The Death of the Flowers

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Bryant, William Cullen. "The Death of the Flowers." Poems. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839, st. 1.

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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic
Making the most

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
The American Scholar
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1837 1830s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar." Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. 31 Aug. 1837, First Parish in Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar (1837)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.