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.

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.

Most joyful let the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.

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).

External links

• Ellery Channing Remembers Henry Thoreau