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
sleep school play
Oh, for boyhood's painless play, sleep that wakes in laughing day, health that mocks the doctor's rules, knowledge never learned of schools.
summer art memories
They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, that all of thee we loved and cherished has with thy summer roses perished; and left, as its young beauty fled, an ashen memory in its stead.
pain greek age
Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again his stage, and Chaucer paints anew his age.
nuts hands woods
And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood.
grief leisure poverty
Small leisure have the poor for grief.
romance young
Romance is always young.
new-year done today
We meet today To thank Thee for the era done, And Thee for the opening one.
song fall years
Once more the liberal year laughs out O'er richer stores than gems or gold: Once more with harvest song and shout Is nature's boldest triumph told.
prayer headstone doing-good
His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than in words, was simply doing good.
hope suffering dread
The hope of all who suffer, The dread of all who wrong.
dip quiet wave
Low stir of leaves and dip of oars And lapsing waves on quiet shores.
selfishness salvation saved
To be saved is only this-salvation from our own selfishness.
wine mountain earth
The green earth sends her incense up. From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup She pours her sacred wine.
conquer
And peace unweaponed conquers every wrong!