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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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In The "Old South"

... And the minister paused in his sermon's midst, ...

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The Minister’s Daughter

... And the scoffing tongue was prayerful, ...

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Our State

... While near her church-spire stands the school ...

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To William H. Seward

... A wreath whose flowers no earthly soil have known, ...

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Utterance

... Thou mayst not hide what yet thou shouldst not dare ...

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The Dream Of Pio Nono

... On the hills The blaze of burning villas rose and fell, ...

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My Dream

... Now and then, through rifts of shade, ...

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A Lament

... Fresh flowers for the bridal, green wreaths for the grave! ...

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Pictures

... II. White with its sun-bleached dust, the pathway winds ...

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Memories

... More wide, perchance, for blame than praise, ...

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The Wife Of Manoah To Her Husband

... The red shrines smoked,--the trumpets pealed ...

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The World’s Convention Of The Friends Of Emancipation, Held In London In 1840

... Awe-struck, the shout which hailed thy dawning, ...

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At School-Close

... And, when the world shall link your names ...

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Sweet Fern

... While from her hand the wild, sweet scent ...

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The Angel Of Patience

... The dear Lord ordereth all things well!" ...