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Quotes by John Whittier

The windows of my soul I throw wide open to the sun!

John Whittier (1807 - 1892)
 
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This is truth the poet sings . . .

John Whittier (1807 - 1892)
 
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The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt they owe to shame; Buy cheap, sell dear; eat. drink, and sleep down-pillowed, deaf to moaning want; Pay tithes for soul-insurance; keep Six days to Mammon, one to Cant

John Whittier (1807 - 1892)
Source: For Righteousness' Sake, (1855)
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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and silent chorus leads To the pervading symphony of Peace.

John Whittier (1807 - 1892)
 
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Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants at tree, is more than all.

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No cloud above, no earth below, A universe of sky and snow.

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And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.

John Whittier (1807 - 1892)
Source: The Chapel of the Hermits.
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No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear; But grateful, take the good I find, the best of now and here.

John Whittier (1807 - 1892)
 
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Making their lives a prayer.

John Whittier (1807 - 1892)
Source: To A. K. On receiving a Basket of Sea-Mosses.
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Low stir of leaves and dip of oars And lapsing waves on quiet shores.

John Whittier (1807 - 1892)
Source: Snow Bound.
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