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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.

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

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Moon, Light, Rose

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

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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!

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Stars, Play, Shining

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

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Beneath the winter's snow lie germs of summer flowers.

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Summer, Lying, Flower

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.109

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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.

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Sweet, Grief, Light

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

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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!

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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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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.

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Song, Fall, Autumn

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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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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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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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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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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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Sweeter than any sungMy songs that found no tongue;Nobler than any factMy wish that failed of act.Others shall sing the song,Others shall right the wrong,-Finish what I begin,And all I fail of win.

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Song, Winning, Wish

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.352

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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!

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Rain, Flower, Golden

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

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In kindly showers and sunshine bud The branches of the dull gray wood; Out from its sunned and sheltered nooks The blue eye of the violet looks.

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Eye, Sunshine, Blue

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.14

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Thine to work as well as pray, Clearing thorny wrongs away; Plucking up the weeds of sin, Letting heaven's warm sunshine in.

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Weed, Work, Sunshine

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.77

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Freedom's soil hath only place For a free and fearless race!

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Freedom, Race, Fearless

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.66

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What miracle of weird transforming Is this wild work of frost and light, This glimpse of glory infinite?

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Winter, Light, Miracle

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.370

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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.

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Love, Summer, Art

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

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

John Greenleaf Whittier

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.

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Generosity, Deeds, Taught

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

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