And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death.

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"There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by."

- William Cullen Bryant

Love

""There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.""

- William Cullen Bryant

Love

"O Father may that Holy Star Grow every year more bright, And send its glorious beams afar To fill the world with light."

- William Cullen Bryant

Hope

"But Winter has yet brighter scenes—he boasts / Splendors beyond what gorgeous Summer knows."

- William Cullen Bryant

Inspiration

"When shriek’d the bleak November winds and smote the woods, and the brownfields were herbless, and the shades. That met above the merry rivulet, were spoil’d, I sought, I loved them still, they seem’d like old companions in adversity."

- William Cullen Bryant

Adversity

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Reflection

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