Whittier

Famous quotes containing the word whittier:

    “The dreariest spot in all the land
    To Death they set apart;
    With scanty grace from Nature’s hand,
    And none from that of Art.”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “But he thought of his sisters, proud and cold,
    And his mother, vain of her rank and gold.”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
    The saddest are these: “It might have been!””
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)