John Greenleaf Whittier Poems on Soul (101 Poems)
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Sumner (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
O Mother State! the winds of MarchBlew chill o’er Auburn’s Field of God,Where, slow, beneath a leaden archOf sky, thy mourning children trod. And now, with all thy woods in leaf,Thy fields in flower, beside thy deadThou sittest, in thy … Continue reading
Andrew Rykman’s Prayer (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
Andrew Rykman’s dead and gone;You can see his leaning slateIn the graveyard, and thereonRead his name and date. Trust is truer than our fearsRuns the legend through the moss,Gain is not in added years,Nor in death is loss Still the … Continue reading
My Namesake (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
Addressed to Francis Greenleaf Allison of Burlington, New Jersey. You scarcely need my tardy thanks,Who, self-rewarded, nurse and tend–A green leaf on your own Green Banks–The memory of your friend. For me, no wreath, bloom-woven, hidesThe sobered brow and lessening … Continue reading
The Wreck Of Rivermouth (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
Rivermouth Rocks are fair to see,By dawn or sunset shone across,When the ebb of the sea has left them free,To dry their fringes of gold-green mossFor there the river comes winding down,From salt sea-meadows and uplands brown,And waves on the … Continue reading
John Underhill (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
A score of years had come and goneSince the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth stone,When Captain Underhill, bearing scarsFrom Indian ambush and Flemish wars,Left three-hilled Boston and wandered down,East by north, to Cocheco town. With Vane the younger, in counsel sweet,He … Continue reading
The Vision Of Echard (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
The Benedictine EchardSat by the wayside well,Where Marsberg sees the bridalOf the Sarre and the Moselle. Fair with its sloping vineyardsAnd tawny chestnut bloom,The happy vale Ausonius sunkFor holy Treves made room. On the shrine Helena buildedTo keep the Christ … Continue reading
Questions Of Life (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
A bending staff I would not break,A feeble faith I would not shake,Nor even rashly pluck awayThe error which some truth may stay,Whose loss might leave the soul withoutA shield against the shafts of doubt. And yet, at times, when … Continue reading
The King’s Missive (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
UNDER the great hill sloping bareTo cove and meadow and Common lot,In his council chamber and oaken chair,Sat the worshipful Governor Endicott.A grave, strong man, who knew no peerIn the pilgrim land, where he ruled in fearOf God, not man, … Continue reading
My Soul And I (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
Stand still, my soul, in the silent darkI would question thee,Alone in the shadow drear and starkWith God and me! What, my soul, was thy errand here?Was it mirth or ease,Or heaping up dust from year to year?“Nay, none of … Continue reading
Ego (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF A FRIEND. On page of thine I cannot traceThe cold and heartless commonplace,A statue’s fixed and marble grace. For ever as these lines I penned,Still with the thought of thee will blendThat of some loved … Continue reading
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