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)

    “Of all that Orient lands can vaunt,
    Of marvels with our own competing,
    The strangest is the Haschish plant,
    And what will follow on its eating.”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)