To Lydia Maria Child (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
ON READING HER POEM IN "THE STANDARD."The sweet spring day is glad with music,But through it sounds a sadder strain;The ...
John Greenleaf Whittier Poems on Lies & Deceit (38 Poems)
Garibaldi (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
In trance and dream of old, God's prophet sawThe casting down of thrones. Thou, watching loneThe hot Sardinian coast-line, hazy-hilled,Where, ...
To —– (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
LINES WRITTEN AFTER A SUMMER DAY'S EXCURSION.Fair Nature's priestesses! to whom,In hieroglyph of bud and bloom,Her mysteries are told;Who, wise ...
Song Of Slaves In The Desert (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
WHERE are we going? where are we going,Where are we going, Rubee?Lord of peoples, lord of lands,Look across these shining ...
Astraea (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
"Jove means to settleAstraea in her seat again, And let down his golden chainAn age of better metal." Ben Johnson 1615O POET ...
The Cross (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
"The cross, if rightly borne, shall beNo burden, but support to thee;"So, moved of old time for our sake,The holy ...
Samuel J. Tilden (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
GREYSTONE, AUG. 4, 1886.Once more, O all-adjusting Death!The nation's Pantheon opens wide;Once more a common sorrow saithA strong, wise man ...
The Eternal Goodness (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
O Friends! with whom my feet have trod The quiet aisles of prayer, Glad witness to your zeal for God ...