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Few have borne unconsciously the spell of loveliness.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Beauty, Spells, Loveliness

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But let the good old corn adorn
The hills our fathers trod;
Still let us, for his golden corn,
Send up our thanks to God!

John Greenleaf Whittier

Father, Agriculture, Golden

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.117

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And I will trust that He who heeds
The life that hides in mead and wold,
Who hangs you alder's crimson beads,
And stains these mosses green and gold,
Will still, as He hath done, incline
His gracious care to me and mine.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Gold, Moss, Done

John Greenleaf Whittier (1895). “The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier”

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With our sympathy for the wrongdoer we need the old Puritan and Quaker hatred of wrongdoing; with our just tolerance of men and opinions a righteous abhorrence of sin.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Men, Hatred, Tolerance

John Greenleaf Whittier (1975). “The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier: 1828-1845”, p.238, Harvard University Press

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Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Fashion, Ebb And Flow, Cities

John Greenleaf Whittier (2012). “The Works of Whittier, Volume III (of VII) Anti-Slavery Poems and Songs of Labor and Reform”, p.95, tredition

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Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn

John Greenleaf Whittier

Corn, Months, September

'Barbara Frietchie' l. 1

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Thanks to Allah, who gives the palm!

John Greenleaf Whittier

Giving, Thanks, Palms

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.247

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Oh, for boyhood's painless play, sleep that wakes in laughing day, health that mocks the doctor's rules, knowledge never learned of schools.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Sleep, School, Doctors

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.196

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Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Beauty, God, Color

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.404

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The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Moon, Light, Rose

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.286

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And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Hands, Nuts, Woods

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.288

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Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play!

John Greenleaf Whittier

Stars, Play, Shining

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.288

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Small leisure have the poor for grief.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Grief, Leisure, Poverty

John Greenleaf Whittier (1875). “Mabel Martin: A Harvest Idyl”, p.44

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And let these altars, wreathed with flowers And piled with fruits, awake again Thanksgivings for the golden hours, The early and the latter rain!

John Greenleaf Whittier

Rain, Flower, Golden

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.260

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They who wander widest lift No more of beauties' jealous veils, Than they who from their doorways see The miracle of flowers and trees.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Nature, Flower, Jealous

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Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again his stage, and Chaucer paints anew his age.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Pain, Greek, Age

John Greenleaf Whittier (2012). “Personal Poems, Complete Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal Poems”, p.162, tredition

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The still, sad music of humanity.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Music, Nature, Humanity

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On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll; on plastic clay and leather scroll, man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed, and lo! the Press was found at last!

John Greenleaf Whittier

Men, Media, Age

John Greenleaf Whittier, “The Library”

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Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard! Heap high the golden corn! No richer gift has Autumn poured From out her lavish horn!

John Greenleaf Whittier

Autumn, Corn, Golden

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.117

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And the more you spend in blessing
The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart's possessing
Returns to you glad.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Christmas, Lonely, Heart

Attributed to John Greenleaf Whittier in The Educational Monthly of Canada, Volume 24‎, p. 29, 1901.

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Love hath never known a law beyond its own sweet will.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Sweet, Law, Known

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We faintly hear, we dimly see, In differing phrase we pray; But dim or clear, we own in Him The life, the truth, the way.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Life, Jesus, Way

John Greenleaf Whittier, “Our Master”

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To be saved is only this-salvation from our own selfishness.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Selfishness, Salvation, Saved

John Greenleaf Whittier, “The Meeting”

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No cloud above, no earth below, A universe of sky and snow.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Stars, Clouds, Air

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.287

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I dimly guess, from blessings known, of greater out of sight.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Blessing, Sight, Greater

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.319

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Born: December 17, 1807
Died: September 7, 1892
Occupation: Poet
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