Greenleaf Whittier

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    “Just the same as a month before,—
    The house and the trees,
    The barn’s brown gable, the vine by the door,—
    Nothing changed but the hives of bees.”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
    Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;

    Bravest of all in Frederick town,
    She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “Then she took up her burden of life again
    Saying only, “It might have been.””
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)