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John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes

John Greenleaf Whittier quotes

American Poet December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892

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And still we love the evil cause. And of the just effect complain; We tread upon life's broken laws. And murmur at our self-inflicted pain. John Greenleaf Whittier
A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas! John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air;..."
I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. John Greenleaf Whittier
Flowers spring to blossom where she walks The careful ways of duty; Our hard, stiff lines of life with her Are flowing curves of beauty. John Greenleaf Whittier
The continuity of life is never broken; the river flows onward and is lost to our sight, but under its new horizon it carries the same waters which it gathered under ours, and its unseen valleys are made glad by the offerings which are borne down to them from the past,--flowers, perchance, the germs of which its own waves had planted on the banks of Time. John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of..."
From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds. John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant ..."
Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant ... John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "The smile of God is victory."
The smile of God is victory. John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "No longer forward or behind. I look in hope or fear, But..."
No longer forward or behind. I look in hope or fear, But grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here. John Greenleaf Whittier
So all night long the storm roared on: The morning broke without a sun; In tiny spherule traced with lines Of Nature’s geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder bent The blue walls of the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below,— A universe of sky and snow! John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It..."
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been. John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these,..."
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these:..."
For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been! John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast."
Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast. John Greenleaf Whittier
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. John Greenleaf Whittier

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