Whittier

Famous quotes containing the word whittier:

    ““Here me, neighbors!” at last he cried,—
    “What to me is this noisy ride?”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “Yet, haply, in some lull of life,
    Some Truce of God which breaks its strife,
    The worldling’s eyes shall gather dew,
    Dreaming in throngful city ways
    Of winter joys his boyhood knew;
    And dear and early friends—the few”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “Then the wife of the skipper lost at sea
    Said, “God has touched him! why should we!””
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)