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Born in December 17, 1807 / Died in September 7, 1892 / United States / English

Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier

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A Mystery

... A presence, strange at once and known, ...

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The Poet And The Children

... LONGFELLOW. WITH a glory of winter sunshine ...

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The Wind Of March

... Blow, then, wild wind! thy roar shall end in singing, ...

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O. W. Holmes On His Eightieth Birth-Day

... Life is not less, the heavens are only higher! ...

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A Name

... let it take From gifts well used and duty done ...

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Hymn For The Opening Of Thomas Starr King’s House Of Worship, 1864

... White flowers of love its walls shall climb, ...

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A Greeting

... The waves that wash our gray coast lines, ...

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The Two Elizabeths

... Read at the unveiling of the bust of Elizabeth Fry at the Friends' ...

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Song Of Slaves In The Desert

... Through the strange world round us growing, ...

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In School-days

... The warping floor, the battered seats, ...

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Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl

... ire: and as the Celestial Fire drives away dark spirits, so also this our Fire of Wood doth the same ...

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Democracy

... Thrilled, warmed, by turns, the listener's heart, ...

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The Emancipation Group

... The care-lined face, that none forgot, ...

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Abolition Of Slavery In The District Of Columbia, 1862

...   The song that Bethlehem's shepherds knew ! ...

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The Lakeside

... Lake of the Hills! where, cool and sweet, ...