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John Greenleaf Whittier was an American poet known for his sympathy towards the working class and his advocacy for social justice. His poetry extensively covered social, political, and moral issues, profoundly influencing American literature in the 19th century.

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Famous John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes

“God gives quietness at last.”

Giving Lasts Death Quiet Quietness

Author:John Greenleaf Whittier

“Thanks to Allah, who gives the palm!”

Giving Thanks Palms

Book:Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

“The Fates are just: they give us but our own; Nemesis ripens what our hands have sown.”

Giving Hands Results Fate Nemesis

Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

“The Present, the Present is all thou hast For thy sure possessing; Like the patriarch's angel hold it fast Till it gives its blessing.”

Giving Blessing Angel Possessing Patriarch

Book:Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

“Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.”

Source: Personal Poems, Complete Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal Poems

“the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you”

“He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise, The inward monitor obeys. And with the boldness that confuses fear Takes in the crowded sail, and lets his conscience steer.”

Giving Fear Wind Conscience Praise Confusion Inward Sail Boldness Crowded Wisest Steers Drifting

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“God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late, They touch the shining hills of day; The evil cannot brook delay, The good can well afford to wait, Give ermined knaves their hour of crime; Yet have the future grand and great, The safe appeal of Truth to Time!”

Way Giving Wells Seems Truth Evil Waiting Hours Dark Crime Safe Late Shining Hills Appeals Delay Brooks Knaves

Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

“Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his "Highland Mary!"”

Giving Time Teeth Mary Epic Spares Rhyme

Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

About the Author

Born: December 17, 1807
Died: September 7, 1892
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 179

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The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf WhittierRelated source material

Poems of John Greenleaf WhittierRelated source material

Poems of Nature, Poems Subjective and Reminiscent and Religious Poems, Complete Volume II., the Works of WhittierRelated source material

Personal Poems, Complete Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal PoemsRelated source material

Literary recreations and miscellaniesRelated source material

Narrative and Legendary Poems, Complete Volume I., the Works of WhittierRelated source material

The Works of Whittier, Volume III (of VII) Anti-Slavery Poems and Songs of Labor and ReformRelated source material

Home Ballads and PoemsRelated source material

The Stranger in LowellRelated source material

Among the Hills, and Other PoemsRelated source material

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