Compliments of www.easyhomeschooling.com See this poem without lines for older students at www.easyhomeschooling.com/copy-Bryant.html "The Gladness of Nature" William Cullen Bryant
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Is this a time to be cloudy and sad __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ When our mother Nature laughs around; __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ When even the deep blue heavens look glad, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ II. There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ And the gossip of swallows through all the sky; __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ The ground-squirrel gaily chirps by his den, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ And the wilding bee hums merrily by. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ III. The clouds are at play in the azure space, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ And their shadows at play on the bright green vale, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ And here they stretch to the frolic chase, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ And here they roll on the easy gale. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ IV. There's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ There's a titter of winds in that beechen tree, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ There's a smile on the fruit, and a smile on the flowers, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ And a laugh from the brook that runs to the sea. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ V. And look at the broad-faced sun, how he smiles __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ On the dewy earth that smiles in ray, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ On the leaping waters and gay young isles; __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Ay, look, and he'll smile the gloom away. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________Compliments of www.easyhomeschooling.com FREE Copywork, Articles, and Checklists