William Ellery Channing (poet)

William Ellery Channing (June 10, 1818 – December 23, 1901) was a Transcendentalist poet and nephew of the Unitarian preacher William Ellery Channing.

Quotes

 * "Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."


 * I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me; If my bark sinks, 't is to another sea.
 * A Poet's Hope, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * I sing New England, as she lights her fire In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night, She still is there, the guardian on the tower, To open for the world a purer hour.
 * New England, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * Most joyful let the Poet be; It is through him that all men see.
 * The Poet of the old and new Times, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * My highway is unfeatured air, My consorts are the sleepless stars, And men my giant arms upbear — My arms unstained and free from scars.
 * Hymn of the Earth, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * A wail in the wind is all I hear; A voice of woe for a lover's loss.
 * Tears in Spring, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).