The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-27
The Death Of william Cullen Bryant.

THE death of no public man will
cause greater sorrow than that of Will
lam Cullen Bryant. And that is the
hOnored name-one of the greatest in
American literature-which not only
America, but the whole civilized world
mourns to-day. Mr.. Bryant recently
met with an accident which, with a
younger man, might not have proved
fatal, but at Mr.. Bryant's advanced
age the powers of recuperation were
not equal to the shock. He was born
at Cummington, Mass, in 1894, and
began quite early in life to develop un-
usual talent as a writer. When only
thirteen years old he wrote several
poems that met with favorable criti-
cism, and his pen soon found other
themes with which to lay the founda-
ton of his future fame. He did not,
however, cOnfine his powers to poetic
fields alone, but studied law as prac-
teal means of livelihood and was admit
ted to the bar in 1915, and continued
in legal practice for about ten years.
In 1925 he removed to New York
City, and from that time until his death
devoted himself exclusively to journal
istic and literary pursuits, in which he
was destined to attain his greatest fame
and popularity. Some Of his most re-
nowned writings were penned, howev-
er, prior to that date. Thanatopsls''
was published in 1916, in the North
american ReUiesU. 1t was written when
Bryant was only eighteen years old, and
has ever been considered master
piece. "The Ages, "Thanatopsis,"
and other poems were brought out in
one volume, in 1921, and at once won
for Mr.. Bryant a front rank among liv-
ing poets. No finer or more sublime
pieces of English, pure and undefiled,
are to be found in modern literature.
In 1926 Mr.. Bryant became the editor
of the New York EUening Post, which
position he retained until the day
of his death. As newspaper
writer, Mr.. Bryant had pure
style, easy, idiomatic and always
interesting. In his personal charac-
teristics Mr.. Bryant was a pure man,
deep of heart, broad of intellect and in
spired with the noblest aspirations. His
sympathies for his fellow men were
unlimited, and he was beloved by all
who came in contact with him. Great
as was the admiration of the world for
his genius it was always excelled by the
love of those who enjoyed his genial
and ennobling acquaintance. The trib-
ute of mankind to his memory will be
in the closing lines of "Thanatopsis,"
SO grandly exemplifed in the life of the
author:
| So live that when thy summons come to Join
The innumerable caravan that moves
To that mysteriOus realm where each shall
| take
His chamber in the silent halls of Death,
| Thou 60 not, like the quarry slave at night
| Scourged to his dungeon; but sustained and
| By an unfaltering trust approach thy grave
Like one Who wraps thc dIapery Of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant Dreams
| Burlington HasCk-Evc.
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