John Greenleaf Whittier
Born in December 17, 1807 / Died in September 7, 1892 / United States / English
Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier
Requital
... "Even yet He gives me power to make to thee amends ...
The Merrimac
... not a sail Bowed to the freshening ocean gale ...
"The Laurels"
... O friends whose hearts still keep their prime, ...
At Washington
... Which the hand of Power is scattering, crumbs which from its table fall ...
On A Prayer-Book, With its Frontispiece, Ary Scheffers "Christus Consolator," Americanized By The O
... And urges his vain plea, prayer-smothered, anthem-drowned! ...
The Prophecy of Samuel Sewall
... When he sat on the bench of the witchcraft courts, ...
To My Old Schoolmaster
... AN EPISTLE NOT AFTER THE MANNER OF HORACE ...
Funeral Tree of the Sokokis
... Wild winds have bared some splintering peak, ...
Bryant On His Birthday
... But, dimmed and dwarfed, in times like these, ...
The Vow Of Washington
... Through the fierce tumult pierced his warning word, ...
Paean
... Look! stretched o'er Southern vale and plain, ...
The Branded Hand
... Broke the bondman's heart for bread, poured the bondman's blood for wine ...
The Rock-Tomb Of Bradore
... And called her home to peace and rest ...
My Playmate
... And still the May-day flowers make sweet ...
My Psalm
... -- The woods shall wear their robes of praise, ...