"Upon the Mountain's Distant Head" by William Cullen Bryant

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend March 3, 2019   Upon the Mountain's Distant Head   William Cullen Bryant

Upon the mountain's distant head,    With trackless snows for ever white, Where all is still, and cold, and dead,    Late shines the day's departing light.   But far below those icy rocks,    The vales, in summer bloom arrayed, Woods full of birds, and fields of flocks,    Are dim with mist and dark with shade.   'Tis thus, from warm and kindly hearts,    And eyes where generous meanings burn, Earliest the light of life departs,    But lingers with the cold and stern.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Upon the Mountain's Distant Head" was published in Poems (D. Appleton, 1862).   William Cullen Bryant was born on November 3, 1794, in Cummington, Massachusetts. The former editor-in-chief for the New York Evening Post, he is the author of several books, including The White-Footed Deer and Other Poems (I. S. Platt, 1844), and The Fountain and Other Poems (Wiley and Putnam, 1842). He died on June 12, 1878, in New York City. Poetry by Bryant   Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant (HardPress, 2012) "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost "I see the boys of summer" by Dylan Thomas "more shadow" by Priscilla Becker March Guest Editor: Maggie Smith   Thanks to Maggie Smith, author of Good Bones (Tupelo Press, 2017), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A with Smith about her curatorial approach this month and find out more about our guest editors for the year. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038