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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

“O Time and change! - with hair as gray as was my sire's that winter day, how strange it seems, with so much gone of life and love, to still live on!”

Love Stills Seems Age Gone Strange Hair And Love Aging Winter Gray Life And Love Time And Change Winter Days

Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

“Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest, When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board The old broken links of affection restored, When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more, And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before. What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?”

Men Eye Care Past Mother Girl Rich Broken West South Rounds Lips Affection East Boards Links Gray Guests Worn Pie Pilgrim Pumpkin Thanksgiving Day North And South Pumpkin Pie

Author:John Greenleaf Whittier

“A grateful loving heart carries with it, under every parallel of latitude, the warmth and light of the tropics. It plants its Eden in the wilderness and solitary place, and sows with flowers the gray desolation of rock and mosses.”

Heart Light Rocks Flower Gratitude Grateful Plant Carrie Wilderness Gray Warmth Solitary Parallels Eden Moss Desolation Latitude Tropics

Author:John Greenleaf Whittier

“The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon.”

Light Sun Moon Rose Hills Gray December Noon Over The Hill

Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

“In kindly showers and sunshine bud The branches of the dull gray wood; Out from its sunned and sheltered nooks The blue eye of the violet looks.”

Looks Eye Blue Woods Branches Dull Sunshine Gray Showers Violet Bud Blue Eyes

Book:Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

“Up from the sea, the wild north wind is blowing, under the sky's gray arch. Smiling, I watch the shaken elm boughs, knowing It is the wind of March.”

Watches Knowing Sea Sky Wind March Gray Arches North Wind

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

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

“Our toil is sweet with thankfulness, Our burden is our boon; The curse of earth's gray morning is The blessing of its noon.”

Earth Difficult Morning Sweet Blessing Burden Curse Gray Toil Thankfulness Noon Boon Difficult Days

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

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

“So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!”

Light Lost Gone Hair Losing Glory Fallen Gray Evermore Gray Hair

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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