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John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 – 1892)


American poet and abolitionist.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
A manly form at her side she saw,
And joy was duty and love was law.
Then she took up her burden of life again,
Saying only, "It might have been".
Whittier quotes
We lack but open eye and ear
To find the Orient's marvels here;
The still small voice in autumn's hush,
Yon maple wood the burning bush.
Whittier
Who never wins can rarely lose,
Who never climbs as rarely falls.




Whittier John Greenleaf quotes
The Beauty which old Greece or Rome
Sung, painted, wrought, lies close at home.
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