The poetical works of John Greenleaf WhittierWith notes biographical, critical, and explanatory. |
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... faith in God , his kindly tolerance , his moral sense and blamelessness . Never was the power of a pure and holy home more perfectly manifested than in the noble life of John Whittier . The first poetry , worthy of the name , that ...
... faith in God , his kindly tolerance , his moral sense and blamelessness . Never was the power of a pure and holy home more perfectly manifested than in the noble life of John Whittier . The first poetry , worthy of the name , that ...
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... faith revive again ! ' So spake my friend , one autumn day , Where the still river slid away Beneath us , and above the brown Red curtains of the woods shut down . Then said I , -for I could not brook The mute appealing of his look ...
... faith revive again ! ' So spake my friend , one autumn day , Where the still river slid away Beneath us , and above the brown Red curtains of the woods shut down . Then said I , -for I could not brook The mute appealing of his look ...
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... faith , and loves of home , And virtue's golden days to come . But weakness , shame , and folly made The foil to all his pen portrayed ; Still , where his dreamy splendours shone The shadow of himself was thrown . Lord , what is man ...
... faith , and loves of home , And virtue's golden days to come . But weakness , shame , and folly made The foil to all his pen portrayed ; Still , where his dreamy splendours shone The shadow of himself was thrown . Lord , what is man ...
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... faith , to doubt his own . " With dream and falsehood , simple trust And pious hope we tread in dust ; Lost the calm faith in goodness , -lost The baptism of the Pentecost ! " " Alas ! -the blows for error meant Too oft on truth itself ...
... faith , to doubt his own . " With dream and falsehood , simple trust And pious hope we tread in dust ; Lost the calm faith in goodness , -lost The baptism of the Pentecost ! " " Alas ! -the blows for error meant Too oft on truth itself ...
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... faith shall. whistled tune , Answering the summons of the bells of noon , The woodman's hail along the river shores , The steamboat's signal , and the dip of oars , - - Slowly the curtain rose from off a land Fair as God's garden . Broad ...
... faith shall. whistled tune , Answering the summons of the bells of noon , The woodman's hail along the river shores , The steamboat's signal , and the dip of oars , - - Slowly the curtain rose from off a land Fair as God's garden . Broad ...
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