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Quite the ugliest face I ever saw was that of a woman whom the world called beautiful. Through its silver veil the evil and ungentle passions looked out, hideous and hateful.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Beautiful, Passion, Evil

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They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, that all of thee we loved and cherished has with thy summer roses perished; and left, as its young beauty fled, an ashen memory in its stead.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Love, Summer, Art

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.131

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Rap, rap! upon the well-worn stone, How falls the polished hammer! Rap, rap! the measured sound has grown A quick and merry clamor. Now shape the sole! now deftly curl The glassy vamp around it, And bless the while the bright-eyed girl Whose gentle fingers bound it!

John Greenleaf Whittier

Girl, Rap, Fall

John Greenleaf Whittier (2012). “Songs of Labor and Reform From Volume III., the Works of Whittier: Anti-Slavery Poems and Songs of Labor and Reform”, p.32, tredition

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And light is mingled with the gloom, And joy with grief; Divinest compensations come, Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In sweet relief.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Sweet, Grief, Light

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.268

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What airs outblown from ferny dells And clover-bloom and sweet brier smells.

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Sweet, Air, Smell

John Greenleaf Whittier (1861). “The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.270

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Swan flocks of lilies shoreward lying, In sweetness, not in music, dying.

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Lying, Swans, Water Lily

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.306

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We meet today To thank Thee for the era done, And Thee for the opening one.

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New Year, Holiday, Today

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God blesses still the generous thought,And still the fitting word He speeds,And Truth, at His requiring taught,He quickens into deeds.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Generosity, Deeds, Taught

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.133

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A charmed life old goodness hath; the tares may perish, but the grain is not for death.

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May, Goodness, Grain

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.99

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Like warp and woof all destinies
Are woven fast,
Linked in sympathy like the keys
Of an organ vast.
Pluck one thread, and the web ye mar;
Break but one
Of a thousand keys, and the paining jar
Through all will run.

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Running, Destiny, Keys

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.94

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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and silent chorus leads To the pervading symphony of Peace.

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Sweet, Peace, Flower

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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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A felon's cell--
The fittest earthly type of hell!

John Greenleaf Whittier

Cells, Felons, Prison

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.100

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What does the good ship bear so well? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Cells, Nuts, Doe

John Greenleaf WHITTIER (1860). “Home Ballads and Poems”, p.144

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Low stir of leaves and dip of oars And lapsing waves on quiet shores.

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Dip, Quiet, Wave

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.292

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Simple duty hath no place for fear.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Simple, Duty

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.313

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The Fates are just: they give us but our own; Nemesis ripens what our hands have sown.

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Fate, Hands, Giving

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.75

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Nature speaks in symbols and in signs.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Speak, Symbols

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.199

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Once more the liberal year laughs out O'er richer stores than gems or gold: Once more with harvest song and shout Is nature's boldest triumph told.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Song, Fall, Autumn

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Man is more than constitutions.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Men, Constitution

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Formed on the good old plan, A true and brave and downright honest man! He blew no trumpet in the market-place, Nor in the church with hypocritic face Supplied with cant the lack of Christian grace; Loathing pretence, he did with cheerful will What others talked of while their hands were still.

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Christian, Character, Men

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.138

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

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Blessing, Sight, Greater

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

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

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Stars, Clouds, Air

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

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