John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittierwas an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings as well as his book Snow-Bound...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 December 1807
CountryUnited States of America
corn months september
Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn
giving thanks palms
Thanks to Allah, who gives the palm!
sweet smell air
What airs outblown from ferny dells And clover-bloom and sweet brier smells.
girl rap fall
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!
sweet grief light
And light is mingled with the gloom, And joy with grief; Divinest compensations come, Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In sweet relief.
lying home greece
The Beauty which old Greece or RomeSung, painted, wrought, lies close at home.
christian character men
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.
song may
Others may sing the song. Others may right the wrong.
fall littles curtains
Let the thick curtain fall;I better know than allHow little I have gained,How vast the unattained.
cells nuts sap
What does the good ship bear so well? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell.
sweet morning blessing
Our toil is sweet with thankfulness, Our burden is our boon; The curse of earth's gray morning is The blessing of its noon.
voice odds reason
Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds.
selfishness salvation saved
To be saved is only this-salvation from our own selfishness.
believe men able
At what point does a man turn into a monster? I don’t believe that it’s when he does horrible things, but when he accepts that he’s able to do them, and that he does them well.