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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Italy

Italy


ACROSS the sea I heard the groans
Of nations in the intervals
Of wind and wave. Their blood and bones
Cried out in torture, crushed by …

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

John Underhill

John Underhill

A score of years had come and gone
Since the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth stone,
When Captain Underhill, bearing scars
From Indian am…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Inscription On A Fountain

Inscription On A Fountain

FOR DOROTHEA L. DIX.

Stranger and traveller,
Drink freely and bestow
A kindly thought on her
Who bade this fo…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Inscriptions on a Sun-Dial

Inscriptions on a Sun-Dial

For Dr Henry L Bowditch

With warning hand I mark Time's rapid
flight
From life's glad morning to it's solemn

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

In Remembrance Of Joseph Sturge

In Remembrance Of Joseph Sturge

In the fair land o'erwatched by Ischia's mountains,
Across the charmed bay
Whose blue waves keep with Capri's silver foun…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

In The

In The

She came and stood in the Old South Church,
A wonder and a sign,
With a look the old-time sibyls wore,
Half-crazed and half-divine.

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

In Peace

In Peace

A track of moonlight on a quiet lake,
Whose small waves on a silver-sanded shore
Whisper of peace, and with the low winds make
Such harmon…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Immortal love, forever full

Immortal love, forever full

Immortal love, forever full,
Forever flowing free,
Forever shared, forever whole,
A never ebbing sea!


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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

I Was A Stranger, And Ye Took Me In

I Was A Stranger, And Ye Took Me In

'Neath skies that winter never knew
The air was full of light and balm,
And warm and soft the Gulf wind blew
Th…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Hymns From The French Of Lamartine

Hymns From The French Of Lamartine

I.
'Encore un hymne, O ma lyre
Un hymn pour le Seigneur,
Un hymne dans mon delire,
Un hymne dans mon bonhe…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Hymn II

Hymn II

O HOLY FATHER! just and true
Are all Thy works and words and ways,
And unto Thee alone are due
Thanksgiving and eternal praise!
As ch…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Hymn of The Dunkers

Hymn of The Dunkers

KLOSTER KEDAR, EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA (1738)

SISTER MARIA CHRISTINA sings

Wake, sisters, wake! the day-star shines;
…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Hymn For The House Of Worship At Georgetown, Erected In Memory Of A

Hymn For The House Of Worship At Georgetown, Erected In Memory Of A
Mother

Thou dwellest not, O Lord of all
In temples which thy children raise;
Ou…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Hymn For The Opening Of Thomas Starr King’s House Of Worship, 1864

Hymn For The Opening Of Thomas Starr King’s House Of Worship, 1864

Amidst these glorious works of Thine,
The solemn minarets of the pine,
And awful Shast…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Howard At Atlanta

Howard At Atlanta

RIGHT in the track where Sherman
Ploughed his red furrow,
Out of the narrow cabin,
Up from the cellar's burrow,
Gathered th…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

How The Robin Came

How The Robin Came

AN ALGONQUIN LEGEND.

HAPPY young friends, sit by me,
Under May's blown apple-tree,
While these home-birds in and out

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Haverhill

Haverhill


1640-1890.

O river winding to the sea!
We call the old time back to thee;
From forest paths and water-ways
The century-…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Help

Help


Dream not, O Soul, that easy is the task
Thus set before thee. If it proves at length,
As well it may, beyond thy natural strength,
Fain…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Godspeed

Godspeed


Outbound, your bark awaits you. Were I one
Whose prayer availeth much, my wish should be
Your favoring trad-wind and consenting sea.

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Greeting

Greeting


I spread a scanty board too late;
The old-time guests for whom I wait
Come few and slow, methinks, to-day.
Ah! who could hear my mes…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

George L. Stearns

George L. Stearns

He has done the work of a true man,-Crown
him, honor him, love him.
Weep, over him, tears of woman,
Stoop manliest brows above hi…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Garibaldi

Garibaldi


In trance and dream of old, God's prophet saw
The casting down of thrones. Thou, watching lone
The hot Sardinian coast-line, hazy-hilled,…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

From Snow-Bound, 11:1-40, 116-154

From "Snow-Bound," 11:1-40, 116-154

The sun that brief December day
Rose cheerless over hills of gray,
And, darkly circled, gave at noon
A sadder l…

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Funeral Tree of the Sokokis

Funeral Tree of the Sokokis

Around Sebago's lonely lake
There lingers not a breeze to break
The mirror which its waters make.


The solem…

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