John Gardiner Calkins Brainard

thumb|right|200px|I saw two clouds at morning,Tinged with the rising sun,And in the dawn they floated on,And mingled into one.I thought that morning cloud was blest,It moved so sweetly to the West. John Gardiner Calkins Brainard (1795 – 1828) was a short-lived American lawyer, editor and poet. Quotes Death has shaken out the sands of thy glass. Lament for Long Tom, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). At the piping of all hands,When the judgment-signal's spread—When the islands and the landsAnd the seas give up their dead,And the South and North shall come;When the sinner is dismayed,And the just man is afraid,Then Heaven be thy aid,Poor Tom. Lament for Long Tom, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Far beneath the tainted foamThat frets above our peaceful home,We dream in joy and wake in loveNor know the rage that yells above. The Deep, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). See also Harriet Beecher Stowe, When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean. I saw two clouds at morning,Tinged with the rising sun,And in the dawn they floated on,And mingled into one.I thought that morning cloud was blest,It moved so sweetly to the West. Epithalamium, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). External links Occasional Pieces of Poetry by John Gardiner Calkins Brainard The literary remains of J.G.C. Brainard: with a sketch of his life The poems of John G. C. Brainard. A new and authentic collection, with an original memoir of his life Category:Poets from the United States Category:People from Connecticut Category:1828 deaths Category:19th-century poets from the United States