John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is usually listed as one of the Fireside Poets. Whittier was strongly influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Highly regarded in his lifetime and for a period thereafter, he is now remembered for his poem Snow-Bound, and the words of the hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, from his poem "The Brewing of Soma", sung to music by Hubert Parry.
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... The John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead is the birthplace and home of American Quaker poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier ...
... In War Time (1864) Snow-Bound (1866) The Tent on the Beach (1867) Among the Hills (1869) Whittier's Poems Complete (1874) *The Pennsylvania Pilgrim (1872) The Vision of Echard (1878) The King's Missive (1881 ...
... opened in 1929 on what is now the present-day campus for John Greenleaf Whittier Academy at 2101 Edison Drive, San Antonio, Texas ... the old building and became the new student body of John Greenleaf Whittier Junior High School ... When SAISD moved 9th grade to the high school John Greenleaf Whittier became a middle school housing grades 6th, 7th and 8th ...
... House (Amesbury) – Mary Baker Eddy associations Macy-Colby House (Amesbury) – built 1654 John Greenleaf Whittier Home (Amesbury) – home of poet John Greenleaf Whittier Andover Amos Blanchard House (And ... for designer Henry Davis Sleeper Hammond Castle – home and laboratory of John Hays Hammond, Jr ... built 1926–1929 Sargent House Museum – home of writer Judith Sargent Murray and pastor John Murray White-Ellery House – built in 1710 for Reverend ...
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“Here is the place; right over the hill
Runs the path I took;
You can see the gap in the old wall still,
And the stepping-stones in the shallow brook.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“She leaned far out on the window-sill,
And shook it forth with a royal will.
“Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
But spare your country’s flag,” she said.
A shade of sadness, a blush of shame,
Over the face of the leader came;”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favour singled:
His cap pulled low upon a face
Where pride and shame were mingled.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)