mortal of him was buried beside the grave of his wife at Roslyn. Such was the life and such the life-work of William Cullen Bryant. R. H. STODDARD. 3 3 TO THE READER. The poems in this volume follow each other in the order in which they were written, it being believed that this arrangement would be as satisfactory to the reader as any classification founded on the nature of the subjects or their mode of treatment.54 5 4 CONTENTS. 6 7 Translations: Later Poems: 8 9 Notes 11 11 POEMS. THE AGES