Greenleaf

Famous quotes containing the word greenleaf:

“So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn
Which once he wore!
The glory from his gray hairs gone
Forevermore!”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

“Here Greek and Roman find themselves
Alive along these crowded shelves;
And Shakespeare treads again his stage,
And Chaucer paints anew his age.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

“Waking or sleeping, I see a wreck,
And hear a cry from a reeling deck!”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)