William Cullen Bryant Quote

The melancholy days have come the saddest of the year Of wailing winds and naked woods and meadows brown and sear.

William Cullen Bryant

The melancholy days have come the saddest of the year Of wailing winds and naked woods and meadows brown and sear.

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About William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry early in his life.
In 1825, Bryant relocated to New York City, where he became an editor of two major newspapers. He also emerged as one of the most significant poets in early literary America and has been grouped among the fireside poets for his accessible and popular poetry.