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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Disenthralled

The Disenthralled

HE had bowed down to drunkenness,
An abject worshipper:
The pride of manhood's pulse had grown
Too faint and cold to st…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Double-Headed Snake of Newbury

The Double-Headed Snake of Newbury

Far away in the twilight time
Of every people, in every clime,
Dragons and griffins and monsters dire,

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Dead Ship Of Harpswell

The Dead Ship Of Harpswell

What flecks the outer gray beyond
The sundown's golden trail?
The white flash of a sea-bird's wing,
Or gleam o…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Cypress-Tree Of Ceylon

The Cypress-Tree Of Ceylon

THEY sat in silent watchfulness
The sacred cypress-tree about,
And, from beneath old wrinkled brows,
Their fai…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Cry Of A Lost Soul

The Cry Of A Lost Soul

In that black forest, where, when day is done,
With a snake's stillness glides the Amazon
Darkly from sunset to the rising…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Cross

The Cross

'The cross, if rightly borne, shall be
No burden, but support to thee;'
So, moved of old time for our sake,
The holy monk of Ke…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Conquest Of Finland

The Conquest Of Finland

ACROSS the frozen marshes
The winds of autumn blow,
And the fen-lands of the Wetter
Are white with early snow.

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Countess

The Countess

TO E. W.

I KNOW not, Time and Space so intervene,
Whether, still waiting with a trust serene,
Thou bearest up thy fo…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Clear Vision

The Clear Vision

I did but dream. I never knew
What charms our sternest season wore.
Was never yet the sky so blue,
Was never earth so wh…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Christmas Of 1888

The Christmas Of 1888

Low in the east, against a white, cold dawn,
The black-lined silhouette of the woods was drawn,
And on a wintry waste

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Changeling ( From The Tent on the Beach )

The Changeling ( From The Tent on the Beach )

FOR the fairest maid in Hampton
They needed not to search,
Who saw young Anna favor
Come wa…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Christian Slave

The Christian Slave

A CHRISTIAN! going, gone!
Who bids for God's own image? for his grace,
Which that poor victim of the market-place
Hat…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Call Of The Christian

The Call Of The Christian

Not always as the whirlwind's rush
On Horeb's mount of fear,
Not always as the burning bush
To Midian's shepher…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Brown Dwarf of Rügen (From Narrative and Legendary Poems )

The Brown Dwarf of Rügen (From Narrative and Legendary Poems )

THE pleasant isle of Rügen looks the Baltic water o'er,
To the silver-sanded beaches of th…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Bridal of Pennacook

The Bridal of Pennacook

We had been wandering for many days
Through the rough northern country. We had seen
The sunset, with its bars of purple c…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Branded Hand

The Branded Hand

WELCOME home again, brave seaman! with thy thoughtful brow and gray,
And the old heroic spirit of our earlier, better day;
With …

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Birthday Wreath

The Birthday Wreath

Blossom and greenness, making all
The winter birthday tropical,
And the plain Quaker parlors gay,
Have gone from brac…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Battle Autumn of 1862

The Battle Autumn of 1862

The flags of war like storm birds fly,
The charging trumpets blow;
Yet rolls no thunder in the sky,
No earthqua…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Barefoot Boy

The Barefoot Boy

Blessings on thee, little man,
Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan!
With thy turned-up pantaloons,
And thy merry whistled tu…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The Angels of Buena Vista

The Angels of Buena Vista

Speak and tell us, our Ximena, looking northward far away,
O'er the camp of the invaders, o'er the Mexican array,
Who i…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Tauler

Tauler


Tauler, the preacher, walked, one autumn day,
Without the walls of Strasburg, by the Rhine,
Pondering the solemn Miracle of Life; …

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

The

The


Weary of jangling noises never stilled,
The skeptic's sneer, the bigot's hate, the din
Of clashing texts, the webs of creed men spin …

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Summer By The Lakeside: Lake Winnipesaukee

Summer By The Lakeside: Lake Winnipesaukee

I. NOON.
White clouds, whose shadows haunt the deep,
Light mists, whose soft embraces keep
The…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Sunset On The Bearcamp

Sunset On The Bearcamp

A gold fringe on the purpling hem
Of hills the river runs,
As down its long, green valley falls
The last of summer…

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