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"So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!"
John G. Whittier / Ichabod!
Ichabod!
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"Making their lives a prayer."
John G. Whittier / To A. K. On receiving a Basket of Sea-Mosses.
To A. K. On receiving a Basket of Sea-Mosses.
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"And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man."
John G. Whittier / The Chapel of the Hermits.
The Chapel of the Hermits.
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"For still the new transcends the old In signs and tokens manifold; Slaves rise up men; the olive waves, With roots deep set in battle graves!"
John G. Whittier / The Chapel of the Hermits.
The Chapel of the Hermits.
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"Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his "Highland Mary!""
John G. Whittier / Lines on Burns.
Lines on Burns.
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"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been!""
John G. Whittier / Maud Muller.
Maud Muller.
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"Low stir of leaves and dip of oars And lapsing waves on quiet shores."
John G. Whittier / Snow Bound.
Snow Bound.
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"The hope of all who suffer, The dread of all who wrong."
John G. Whittier / The Mantle of St. John de Matha.
The Mantle of St. John de Matha.
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"I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care."
John G. Whittier / The Eternal Goodness.
The Eternal Goodness.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain