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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 Day

... And drops his nut-shells from the shag-bark trees ...

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Marguerite

... neutral lay; Into her lonesome garret fell the light of the April ...

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A Legacy

... Calmness and strength, the virtue which makes whole ...

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Naples

... Writing the grave with flowers: "Arisen again!" ...

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Benedicite

... Thou lack'st not Friendship's spell-word, nor ...

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To The Thirty-Ninth Congress

... trust Your better instincts, and be just! ...

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"I Was A Stranger, And Ye Took Me In"

... She fanned his feverish brow and smoothed ...

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Lines On The Portrait Of A Celebrated Publisher

... An earthquake blast that would have tossed ...

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The Ranger

... Leave, your quilling, leave your spinning ...

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To Charles Sumner

... Thou knowest my heart, dear friend, and well canst guess ...

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King Solomon and the Ants

... "O king!" she said, "henceforth ...

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The New Wife and the Old

... Who their wrongs have borne the meekest, ...

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The Disenthralled

... There came a change —the cloud rolled off, ...

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The Bartholdi Statue

... Who shields his license with thy name! ...

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Daniel Neall

... Like some-gray rock from which the waves are tossed! ...