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John Greenleaf Whittier

December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: "The Rock" In El Ghor Dead Petra in her hill-tomb sleeps, 52963
2: A Christmas Carmen Sound over all waters, reach out from all lands, 1873 271129
3: A Day Talk not of sad November, when a day 1886 241179
4: A Dream Of Summer Bland as the morning breath of June 1847 321272
5: A Greeting Thrice welcome from the Land of Flowers 55905
6: A Lament The circle is broken, one seat is forsaken, 44922
7: A Lay Of Old Time One morning of the first sad Fall, 48906
8: A Legacy Friend of my many years 1887 20952
9: A Letter Tis over, Moses! All is lost! 136898
10: A Memorial O thicker, deeper, darker growing, 1863 76888
11: A Memory Here, while the loom of Winter weaves 28919
12: A Mystery The river hemmed with leaning trees 1873 48945
13: A Name The name the Gallic exile bore, 1880 48962
14: A Sabbath Scene Scarce had the solemn Sabbath-bell 104920
15: A Sea Dream We saw the slow tides go and come, 1894 1131126
16: A Song For The Time Up, laggards of Freedom! our free flag is cast 32852
17: A Song Inscribed To The Fremont Clubs Beneath thy skies, November! 31863
18: A Song Of Harvest This day, two hundred years ago, 32916
19: A Spiritual Manifestation To-day the plant by Williams set 1521062
20: A Summer Pilgrimage To kneel before some saintly shrine, 1883 961152
21: A Summons Men of the North-land! where's the manly spirit 68734
22: A Welcome To Lowell Take our hands, James Russell Lowell, 48697
23: A Woman Oh, dwarfed and wronged, and stained with ill, 20717
24: A Word For The Hour The firmament breaks up. In black eclipse 1861 29744
25: Abolition Of Slavery In The District Of Columbia, 1862 When first I saw our banner wave 1862 68706
26: Abraham Davenport In the old days (a custom laid aside 89675
27: Abram Morrison Midst the men and things which will 1884 125912
28: Adjustment The tree of Faith its bare, dry boughs must shed 28682
29: Aechdeacon Barbour Through the long hall the shuttered windows shed 519653
30: After Election The day's sharp strife is ended now, 36739
31: All’s Well The clouds, which rise with thunder, slake 10751
32: Among The Hills Along the roadside, like the flowers of gold 1868 501952
33: Amy Wentworth - To William Bradford As they who watch by sick-beds find relief 1862 1521026
34: An Artist Of The Beautiful Haunted of Beauty, like the marvellous youth 14767
35: An Autograph I write my name as one, 1882 641035
36: An Easter Flower Gift O dearest bloom the seasons know, 12723
37: An Outdoor Reception On these green banks, where falls too soon 108643
38: Andrew Rykman’s Prayer Andrew Rykman’s dead and gone; 210920
39: Anniversary Poem Once more, dear friends, you meet beneath 115965
40: April T is the noon of the spring-time, yet never a bird 1852 33933
41: Arisen At Last I said I stood upon thy grave, 36710
42: Astraea O poet rare and old! Thy words are prophecies; 28681
43: Astræa at the Capitol When first I saw our banner wave 1862 68898
44: At Eventide Poor and inadequate the shadow-play 1878 201080
45: At Last When on my day of life the night is falling, 28666
46: At Port Royal The tent-lights glimmer on the land, 1862 1051035
47: At School-Close The end has come, as come it must 60713
48: At Washington With a cold and wintry noon-light. 135668
49: Autumn Thoughts Gone hath the Spring, with all its flowers, 1849 201068
50: Banished From Massachusetts Over the threshold of his pleasant home 706
51: Barbara Frietchie Up from the meadows rich with corn, 601109
52: Barclay Of Ury Up the streets of Aberdeen, 126996
53: Bayard Taylor And where now, Bayard, will thy footsteps tend?" 42688
54: Benedicite God's love and peace be with thee, where 39812
55: Between The Gates Between the gates of birth and death 40754
56: Birchbrook Mill A noteless stream, the Birchbrook runs 64590
57: Brown Of Ossawatomie John Brown of Ossawatomie spake on his dying day: 24710
58: Bryant On His Birthday We praise not now the poet's art, 24648
59: Burial Of Barber Bear him, comrades, to his grave; 72681
60: Burning Drift-Wood Before my drift-wood fire I sit, 88681
61: Burns No more these simple flowers belong 116668
62: By Their Works Call him not heretic whose works attest 10697
63: Calef In Boston, 1692 In the solemn days of old, 40752
64: Cassandra Southwick To the God of all sure mercies let my blessing rise today, 148683
65: Centennial Hymn Our fathers' God! from out whose hand 36733
66: Chalkey Hall How bland and sweet the greeting of this breeze 85649
67: Channing Not vainly did old poets tell, 96683
68: Chicago Men said at vespers: "All is well!" 40701
69: Child-Songs Still linger in our noon of time 56703
70: Clerical Oppressors Just God! and these are they 48658
71: Cobbler Keezar’s Vision The beaver cut his timber 1861 1921006
72: Conduct Heed how thou livest. Do no act by day 6668
73: Conductor Bradley Conductor Bradley, (always may his name 30691
74: Daniel Neall Friend of the Slave, and yet the friend of all; 30709
75: Daniel Wheeler O Dearly loved! And worthy of our love! No more 142689
76: Dedication - Songs Of Labor I would the gift I offer here 451579
77: Democracy Bearer of Freedom's holy light, 721362
78: Derne Night on the city of the Moor! 1271371
79: Disarmament Put up the sword!" The voice of Christ once more 321376
80: Divine Compassion Long since, a dream of heaven I had, 401447
81: Ego On page of thine I cannot trace 1441438
82: Ein Feste Burg ist Unser Gott - (Luther’s Hymn) We wait beneath the furnace-blast 1861 811057
83: Elliott Hands off! thou tithe-fat plunderer! play 481377
84: Eva Dry the tears for holy Eva, 281374
85: Expostulation Our fellow-countrymen in chains! 1122208
86: Extract From "A New England Legend" How has New England's romance fled, 731463
87: Ezekiel They hear Thee not, O God! nor see; 120693
88: First-Day Thoughts In calm and cool and silence, once again 22752
89: Fitz-Greene Halleck Among their graven shapes to whom 56670
90: Flowers In Winter How strange to greet, this frosty morn, 1855 681126
91: For An Autumn festival The Persian's flowery gifts, the shrine 48715
92: For Righteousness' Sake The age is dull and mean. Men creep, 35688
93: Forgiveness My heart was heavy, for its trust had been 14760
94: Freedom In Brazil With clearer light, Cross of the South, shine forth 48676
95: From Perugia The tall, sallow guardsmen their horsetails have spread, 78689
96: Funeral Tree Of The Sokokis Around Sebago's lonely lake 99648
97: Garden O painter of the fruits and flowers, 36784
98: Garibaldi In trance and dream of old, God's prophet saw 33759
99: Garrison The storm and peril overpast, 40775
100: George L. Stearns He has done the work of a true man, 40695
101: Giving And Taking Who gives and hides the giving hand, 24669
102: Godspeed Outbound, your bark awaits you. Were I one 14705
103: Gone Another hand is beckoning us, 60652
104: Greeting I spread a scanty board too late; 1881 301328
105: Hampton Beach The sunlight glitters keen and bright, 1843 751329
106: Haverhill O river winding to the sea! 124665
107: Hazel Blossoms The summer warmth has left the sky, 1874 451440
108: Help Dream not, O Soul, that easy is the task 14716
109: How Mary Grew With wisdom far beyond her years, 32676
110: How The Robin Came Happy young friends, sit by me, 76670
111: How The Women Went From Dover The tossing spray of Cocheco's fall 116635
112: Howard At Atlanta Right in the track where Sherman 56670
113: Hymn O none in all the world before 1863 281364
114: Hymn For The Celebration Of Emancipation At Newburyport Not unto us who did but seek 48655
115: Hymn For The House Of Worship At Georgetown, Erected In Memory Of A Mother Thou dwellest not, O Lord of all 28679
116: Hymn For The Opening Of Plymouth Church, St. Paul, Minnesota All things are Thine: no gift have we, 20683
117: Hymn For The Opening Of Thomas Starr King’s House Of Worship, 1864 Amidst these glorious works of Thine, 45653
118: Hymn I O thou, whose presence went before 40697
119: Hymn II O Holy Father! just and true 32684
120: Hymn Of The Children Thine are all the gifts, O God! 20643
121: Hymn Of The Dunkers Wake, sisters, wake! the day-star shines; 52640
122: Hymn, Sung At Christmas By The Scholars Of St. Helena’s Island, S.C. Oh, none in all the world before 28691
123: Hymns From The French Of Lamartine "Encore un hymne, O ma lyre 144700
124: Hymns Of The Brahmo Somaj The mercy, O Eternal One! 40645
125: I Was A Stranger, And Ye Took Me In Neath skies that winter never knew 32904
126: Ichabod So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn 36603
127: Immortal Love, Forever Full Immortal love, forever full, 36692
128: In Memory - James T. Fields As a guest who may not stay 54664
129: In Peace A track of moonlight on a quiet lake, 35713
130: In Quest Have I not voyaged, friend beloved, with thee 57632
131: In Remembrance Of Joseph Sturge In the fair land o'erwatched by Ischia's mountains, 100590
132: In School-Days Still sits the school-house by the road, 441366
133: In The "Old South" She came and stood in the Old South Church, 52672
134: In The Evil Days The evil days have come, the poor 552227
135: Incription To Milton The new world honors him whose lofty plea 41385
136: Inscription On A Fountain Stranger and traveller, Drink freely and bestow 81330
137: Inscription-For The Relief By Preston Powers The Eagle, stooping from yon snow-blown peaks, 41309
138: Inscriptions On A Sun-Dial With warning hand I mark Time's rapid flight 41320
139: Invocation Through Thy clear spaces, Lord, of old, 302251
140: Italy Across the sea I heard the groans 1860 301324
141: James Russell Lowell From purest wells of English undefiled 81363
142: John Underhill A score of years had come and gone 1502187
143: June On The Merrimac O dwellers in the stately towns, 1161289
144: Kallundborg Church ( From The Tent On The Beach) Build at Kallundborg by the sea 881352
145: Kathleen O Norah, lay your basket down, 1161185
146: Kenoza Lake As Adam did in Paradise, 561182
147: King Solomon And The Ants Out from Jerusalem The king rode with his great 561257
148: King Volmer And Elsie Where, over heathen doom-rings and gray stones of the Horg, 1041110
149: Kinsman Where ceaseless Spring her garland twines, 201105
150: Kossuth Type of two mighty continents! combining 291216
151: Laus Deo It is done! Clang of bell and roar of gun 601110
152: Laying Up Treasure Before the Ender comes, whose charioteer 61076
153: Le Marais Du Cygne A blush as of roses Where rose never grew! 721215
154: Leggett’s Monument Yes, pile the marble o'er him! It is well 14999
155: Letter From A Missionary Of The Methodist Episcopal Church South, In Kansas, To A Distinguished Politician. Douglas Mission 1854. Last week the Lord be praised for all His mercies 901013
156: Lexington No Berserk thirst of blood had they, 441050
157: Lines From A Letter To A Young Clerical Friend A strength Thy service cannot tire, 28978
158: Lines On A Fly-Leaf I need not ask thee, for my sake, 83974
159: Lines On The Death Of S. Oliver Torrey Gone before us, O our brother, 56999
160: Lines On The Portrait Of A Celebrated Publisher A moony breadth of virgin face, 56997
161: Lucy Hooper They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, 111971
162: Lydia H. Sigourney She sang alone, ere womanhood had known 41077
163: Mabel Martin I call the old time back: I bring my lay 3301057
164: Marguerite The robins sang in the orchard, the buds into blossoms grew; 461018
165: Mary Garvin From the heart of Waumbek Methna, from the lake that never fails, 94878
166: Massachusetts To Virginia The blast from Freedom's Northern hills, upon its Southern way, 96927
167: Maud Muller Maud Muller on a summer’s day, 1854 110810
168: Memories A beautiful and happy girl, 811645
169: Miriam One Sabbath day my friend and I 435852
170: Mithridates At Chios Know’st thou, O slave-cursed land 1868 36749
171: Mogg Megone - Part I Who stands on that cliff, like a figure of stone, 479867
172: Mogg Megone - Part II Tis morning over Norridgewock, 533871
173: Mogg Megone - Part III Ah! weary Priest! with pale hands pressed 300849
174: Moloch In State Street The moon has set: while yet the dawn 72814
175: Mountain Pictures Once more, O Mountains of the North, unveil 1862 87808
176: Mulford Unnoted as the setting of a star 6868
177: My Birthday Beneath the moonlight and the snow 1871 64784
178: My Dream In my dream, methought I trod, 76958
179: My Namesake You scarcely need my tardy thanks, 172825
180: My Playmate The pines were dark on Ramoth hill, 1860 64797
181: My Psalm I mourn no more my vanished years 68836
182: My Soul And I Stand still, my soul, in the silent dark 184828
183: My Thanks T is said that in the Holy Land 68826
184: My Triumph The autumn-time has come; 1870 72780
185: My Trust A picture memory brings to me 1880 36843
186: Naples - 1860 I give thee joy! I know to thee 42908
187: Nauhaught, The Deacon Nauhaught, the Indian deacon, who of old 108825
188: New Hampshire God bless New Hampshire! from her granite peaks 20818
189: Norembega The winding way the serpent takes 116803
190: Norumbega Hall Not on Penobscot's wooded bank the spires 14789
191: O. W. Holmes On His Eightieth Birth-Day Climbing a path which leads back never more 14744
192: Official Piety A pious magistrate! sound his praise throughout 33799
193: On A Prayer-Book, With its Frontispiece, Ary Scheffer’s "Christus Consolator," Americanized By The Omission of The Black Man O Ary Scheffer! when beneath thine eye, 71621
194: On Receiving An Eagle’s Quill From Lake Superior All day the darkness and the cold 1849 80899
195: On The Big Horn The years are but half a score, 54656
196: One Of The Signers O storied vale of Merrimac 52661
197: Our Autocrat His laurels fresh from song and lay, 40629
198: Our Country We give thy natal day to hope, 100640
199: Our Master Immortal Love, forever full, Forever flowing free, 152617
200: Our River Once more on yonder laurelled height 1861 72853
201: Our State The South-land boasts its teeming cane, 28600
202: Overruled The threads our hands in blindness spin 20617
203: Paean Now, joy and thanks forevermore! 56719
204: Palestine Blest land of Judea! thrice hallowed of song, 68671
205: Pennsylvania Hall Not with the splendors of the days of old, 152623
206: Pentucket How sweetly on the wood-girt town 88713
207: Pictures Light, warmth, and sprouting greenness, and o’er all 44891
208: Proem I love the old melodious lays 35689
209: Questions Of Life A bending staff I would not break, 1671283
210: R. S. S., At Deer Island On The Merrimac Make, for he loved thee well, our Merrimac, 14660
211: Rabbi Ismael The Rabbi Ishmael, with the woe and sin 27706
212: Randolph Of Roanoke O Mother Earth! upon thy lap 120657
213: Rantoul One day, along the electric wire 88662
214: Raphael I shall not soon forget that sight 76712
215: Red Riding-Hood On the wide lawn the snow lay deep, 1877 551029
216: Remembrance Friend of mine! whose lot was cast 39650
217: Requirement We live by Faith; but Faith is not the slave 14654
218: Requital As Islam's Prophet, when his last day drew 14612
219: Response Beside that milestone where the level sun, 14999
220: Revelation Still, as of old, in Beavor's Vale, 55652
221: Revisited The roll of drums and the bugle's wailing 64616
222: Ritner Thank God for the token! one lip is still free, 70589
223: Samuel J. Tilden Once more, O all-adjusting Death! 18620
224: Seed-Time And Harvest As o'er his furrowed fields which lie 32630
225: Skipper Ireson’s Ride Of all the rides since, the birth of time, 1857 99939
226: Snow-Bound - A Winter Idyl Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, 1866 7591014
227: Song Of Slaves In The Desert Where are we going? where are we going, 42580
228: Song Of The Negro Boatman Oh, praise an' tanks! De Lord he come 68624
229: St. Gregory's Guest A tale for Roman guides to tell 52638
230: St. John. 1647 To the winds give our banner! 144669
231: St. Martin’s Summer Though flowers have perished at the touch 1880 761096
232: Stanzas For The Times Is this the land our fathers loved, 84578
233: Storm On Lake Asquam A cloud, like that the old-time Hebrew saw 1882 241099
234: Summer By The Lakeside White clouds, whose shadows haunt the deep, 1853 1071041
235: Sumner O Mother State! the winds of March 212609
236: Sunset On The Bearcamp A gold fringe on the purpling hem 1876 841043
237: Sweet Fern The subtle power in perfume found 401091
238: Tauler Tauler, the preacher, walked, one autumn day, 83644
239: Telling The Bees Here is the place; right over the hill 1858 561058
240: The "Story Of Ida" Weary of jangling noises never stilled, 14646
241: The Angel Of Patience To weary hearts, to mourning homes, 24645
242: The Angels Of Buena Vista Speak and tell us, our Ximena, looking northward far away, 681333
243: The Answer Spare me, dread angel of reproof, 681360
244: The Barefoot Boy Blessings on thee, little man, 1855 102959
245: The Bartholdi Statue The land, that, from the rule of kings, 241322
246: The Battle Autumn Of 1862 The flags of war like storm-birds fly, 1862 44977
247: The Bay Of Seven Islands From the green Amesbury hill which bears the name 1921334
248: The Birthday Wreath Blossom and greenness, making all 302300
249: The Book Gallery of sacred pictures manifold, 141329
250: The Branded Hand Welcome home again, brave seaman! with thy thoughtful brow and gray, 521317
251: The Brewing Of Soma The fagots blazed, the caldron's smoke 851323
252: The Bridal Of Pennacook We had been wandering for many days 7351282
253: The Brother Of Mercy Piero Luca, known of all the town 941287
254: The Brown Dwarf Of Rugen The pleasant isle of Rugen looks the Baltic water o'er, 721267
255: The Cable Hymn O lonely bay of Trinity, O dreary shores, give ear! 601338
256: The Call Of The Christian Not always as the whirlwind's rush 561303
257: The Captain’s Well From pain and peril, by land and main, 961370
258: The Changeling (From The Tent On The Beach) For the fairest maid in Hampton 1081062
259: The Chapel Of The Hermits I do believe, and yet, in grief, 3761085
260: The Christian Slave A Christian! going, gone! 601114
261: The Christian Tourists No aimless wanderers, by the fiend Unrest 641023
262: The Christmas Of 1888 Low in the east, against a white, cold dawn, 301066
263: The Cities Of The Plain Get ye up from the wrath of God's terrible day! 36997
264: The Clear Vision I did but dream. I never knew 481029
265: The Common Question Behind us at our evening meal 36979
266: The Conquest Of Finland Across the frozen marshes 681009
267: The Corn-Song Heap high the farmer’s wintry hoard! 52997
268: The Countess - To E. W. I know not, Time and Space so intervene, 1863 177998
269: The Crisis Across the Stony Mountains, o'er the desert's drouth and sand, 721056
270: The Cross The cross, if rightly borne, shall be 201016
271: The Crucifixion Sunlight upon Judha's hills! 481095
272: The Cry Of A Lost Soul In that black forest, where, when day is done, 1862 451052
273: The Curse Of The Charter-Breakers In Westminster's royal halls, 100972
274: The Cypress-Tree Of Ceylon They sat in silent watchfulness 68982
275: The Dead Feast Of The Kol-Folk We have opened the door, Once, twice, thrice! 77992
276: The Dead Ship Of Harpswell What flecks the outer gray beyond 82992
277: The Demon Of The Study The Brownie sits in the Scotchman's room, 114996
278: The Disenthralled He had bowed down to drunkenness, 40984
279: The Dole Of Jarl Thorkell The land was pale with famine 112986
280: The Double-Headed Snake Of Newbury Far away in the twilight time 961002
281: The Dream Of Pio Nono It chanced that while the pious troops of France 68815
282: The Drovers Through heat and cold, and shower and sun, 104807
283: The Emancipation Group Amidst thy sacred effigies Of old renown give place, 28814
284: The Eternal Goodness O Friends! with whom my feet have trod 88876
285: The Eve Of Election From gold to gray Our mild sweet day 96848
286: The Exiles. 1660 The goodman sat beside his door 240820
287: The Familist's Hymn Father! to Thy suffering poor 88838
288: The Farewell Of A Virginia Slave Mother Gone, gone, sold and gone 72851
289: The Female Martyr Bring out your dead!" The midnight street 91826
290: The First Flowers For ages on our river borders, 1857 481102
291: The Fishermen Hurrah! the seaward breezes 80869
292: The Fountain Traveller! on thy journey toiling 114845
293: The Freed Islands A few brief years have passed away 50829
294: The Friend’s Burial My thoughts are all in yonder town, 84833
295: The Frost Spirit He comes, he comes, the Frost Spirit comes, you may trace his footsteps now, 1830 201069
296: The Fruit-Gift Last night, just as the tints of autumn’s sky 1854 291084
297: The Funeral Tree Of The Sokokis. 1756 Around Sebago's lonely lake 99931
298: The Gallows The suns of eighteen centuries have shone 103775
299: The Garrison Of Cape Ann From the hills of home forth looking, far beneath the tent-like span 92788
300: The Gift Of Tritemius Tritemius of Herbipolis, one day, 45774
301: The Golden Wedding Of Longwood With fifty years between you and your well-kept wedding vow, 42758
302: The Grave By The Lake Where the Great Lake's sunny smiles 308754
303: The Haschish Of all that Orient lands can vaunt 48761
304: The Healer So stood of old the holy Christ 32692
305: The Henchman My lady walks her morning round, 1877 441278
306: The Hermit Of Thebaid O strong, upwelling prayers of faith, 116621
307: The Hero O for a knight like Bayard, 104602
308: The Hill-Top The burly driver at my side, 80636
309: The Hive At Gettysburg In the old Hebrew myth the lion's frame, 32782
310: The Holy Land - From Lamartine I have not felt, o'er seas of sand, 48644
311: The Homestead Against the wooded hills it stands, 76671
312: The Human Sacrifice Far from his close and noisome cell, 182651
313: The Hunters Of Men Have ye heard of our hunting, o'er mountain and glen, 50627
314: The Huskers It was late in mild October, and the long autumnal rain 52675
315: The Inward Judge The soul itself its awful witness is. 12605
316: The Jubilee Singers Voice of a people suffering long, 18573
317: The Kansas Emigrants We cross the prairie as of old 1854 281344
318: The Khan's Devil The Khan came from Bokhara town 58599
319: The King's Missive Under the great hill sloping bare 144581
320: The Knight Of St. John Ere down yon blue Carpathian hills 72743
321: The Lakeside The shadows round the inland sea 1849 401290
322: The Landmarks Through the streets of Marblehead 96610
323: The Last Eve Of Summer Summer's last sun nigh unto setting shines 36606
324: The Last Walk In Autumn O’er the bare woods, whose outstretched hands 1857 2241304
325: The Laurels From these wild rocks I look to-day 28822
326: The Legend Of St. Mark The day is closing dark and cold, 80565
327: The Library Let there be light!" God spake of old, 32615
328: The Light That Is Felt A tender child of summers three, 15566
329: The Lost Occasion Some die too late and some too soon, 861090
330: The Lost Statesman As they who, tossing midst the storm at night, 271000
331: The Lumbermen Wildly round our woodland quarters 144925
332: The Maids Of Attitash In sky and wave the white clouds swam, 1441000
333: The Mantle Of St. John De Matha. A Legend Of "The Red, White, And Blue," A. D. 1154-1864 A strong and mighty Angel, 1161057
334: The Mayflowers Sad Mayflower! watched by winter stars, 36815
335: The Meeting The elder folks shook hands at last, 243944
336: The Memory Of Burns How sweetly come the holy psalms 401000
337: The Men Of Old Well speed thy mission, bold Iconoclast! 65930
338: The Merrimac Stream of my fathers! sweetly still 1841 107779
339: The Minister’s Daughter In the minister's morning sermon 80991
340: The Moral Warfare When Freedom, on her natal day, 24965
341: The Mystic’s Christmas All hail!" the bells of Christmas rang, 48859
342: The New Exodus By fire and cloud, across the desert sand, 32830
343: The New Wife And The Old Dark the halls, and cold the feast, 128795
344: The New Year The wave is breaking on the shore, 156851
345: The Norsemen Gift from the cold and silent Past! 122856
346: The Old Burying-Ground Our vales are sweet with fern and rose, 1858 88789
347: The Over-Heart Above, below, in sky and sod, 65811
348: The Pageant A sound as if from bells of silver, 1869 87848
349: The Palatine Leagues north, as fly the gull and auk, 114838
350: The Palm-Tree Is it the palm, the cocoa-palm, 1858 39888
351: The Panorama A! fredome is a nobill thing! 7823
352: The Pass Of The Sierra All night above their rocky bed 44843
353: The Pastoral Letter So, this is all, the utmost reach 120771
354: The Peace Autumn Thank God for rest, where none molest, 48772
355: The Peace Convention At Brussels Still in thy streets, O Paris! doth the stain 94776
356: The Peace Of Europe Great peace in Europe! Order reigns 52738
357: The Pennsylvania Pilgrim I sing the Pilgrim of a softer clime 560744
358: The Pine Tree Lift again the stately emblem on the Bay State's rusted shield, 24811
359: The Pipes At Lucknow Pipes of the misty moorlands, 80789
360: The Poet And The Children With a glory of winter sunshine 40820
361: The Poor Voter On Election Day The proudest now is but my peer, 32833
362: The Prayer Of Agassiz On the isle of Penikese, 103759
363: The Prayer-Seeker Along the aisle where prayer was made, 56777
364: The Preacher Its windows flashing to the sky, 413618
365: The Pressed Gentian The time of gifts has come again, 1872 32961
366: The Prisoner For Debt Look on him! through his dungeon grate, 80675
367: The Prisoners Of Naples I have been thinking of the victims bound 77623
368: The Problem Not without envy Wealth at times must look 30629
369: The Proclamation Saint Patrick, slave to Milcho of the herds 1863 32962
370: The Prophecy Of Samuel Sewall Up and down the village streets 169589
371: The Pumpkin Oh, greenly and fair in the lands of the sun, 42611
372: The Quaker Alumni From the well-springs of Hudson, the sea-cliffs of Maine, 180698
373: The Quaker Of The Olden Time The Quaker of the olden time! 32630
374: The Ranger Robert Rawlin! Frosts were falling 160618
375: The Red River Voyageur Out and in the river is winding 40597
376: The Reformer All grim and soiled and brown with tan, 96605
377: The Relic Token of friendship true and tried, 84659
378: The Rendition I heard the train's shrill whistle call, 32637
379: The Reunion The gulf of seven and fifty years 52628
380: The Reward Who, looking backward from his manhood's prime, 36575
381: The River Path No bird-song floated down the hill, 1880 42948
382: The Robin My old Welsh neighbor over the way 28617
383: The Rock-Tomb Of Bradore A drear and desolate shore! 65676
384: The Seeking Of The Waterfall They left their home of summer ease 1878 116955
385: The Sentence Of John L. Brown Ho! thou who seekest late and long 99803
386: The Shadow And The Light The fourteen centuries fall away 96602
387: The Shipbuilders The sky is ruddy in the east, 80939
388: The Shoemakers Ho! workers of the old time styled 88625
389: The Singer Years since (but names to me before), 96568
390: The Sisters Annie and Rhoda, sisters twain, 62561
391: The Sisters - A Picture By Barry The shade for me, but over thee 24588
392: The Slave Ships All ready?" cried the captain; 128716
393: The Slaves Of Martinique Beams of noon, like burning lances, through the tree-tops flash and glisten, 72587
394: The Star Of Bethlehem Where Time the measure of his hours 80610
395: The Summons My ear is full of summer sounds, 1860 30984
396: The Swan Song Of Parson Avery When the reaper's task was ended, and the summer wearing late, 51724
397: The Sycamores In the outskirts of the village 136590
398: The Tent On The Beach I would not sin, in this half-playful strain, 225615
399: The Three Bells Beneath the low-hung night cloud 401055
400: The Trailing Arbutus I wandered lonely where the pine-trees made 1879 181553
401: The Truce Of Piscataqua Raze these long blocks of brick and stone, 217594
402: The Two Angels God called the nearest angels who dwell with Him above: 22625
403: The Two Elizabeths Amidst Thuringia's wooded hills she dwelt, 88621
404: The Two Loves Smoothing soft the nestling head 30637
405: The Two Rabbins The Rabbi Nathan two-score years and ten 85614
406: The Vanishers Sweetest of all childlike dreams 1864 521445
407: The Vaudois Teacher O Lady fair, these silks of mine are beautiful and rare, 28577
408: The Vision Of Echard The Benedictine Echard 1921290
409: The Voices Why urge the long, unequal fight, 84610
410: The Vow Of Washington The sword was sheathed: in April's sun 76532
411: The Waiting I wait and watch: before my eyes 1862 301308
412: The Watchers Beside a stricken field I stood; 1862 662312
413: The Well Of Loch Maree Calm on the breast of Loch Maree 24664
414: The Wife Of Manoah To Her Husband Against the sunset's glowing wall 92591
415: The Wind Of March Up from the sea, the wild north wind is blowing 36555
416: The Wish Of To-Day I ask not now for gold to gild 321314
417: The Wishing Bridge Among the legends sung or said 522375
418: The Witch Of Wenham Along Crane River's sunny slopes 2361272
419: The Witch's Daughter It was the pleasant harvest time, 2221317
420: The Wood Giant From Alton Bay to Sandwich Dome, 1885 681313
421: The Wood Giant From Alton Bay to Sandwich Dome, 681288
422: The Word Voice of the Holy Spirit, making known 141271
423: The World’s Convention Of The Friends Of Emancipation, Held In London In 1840 Yes, let them gather! Summon forth 2431319
424: The Worship Of Nature The harp at Nature's advent strung 401355
425: The Wreck Of Rivermouth Rivermouth Rocks are fair to see, 1864 152576
426: The Yankee Girl She sings by her wheel at that low cottage door, 441423
427: Theirs Fate summoned, in gray-bearded age, to act 281305
428: Thomas Starr King The great work laid upon his twoscore years 171070
429: Thy Will Be Done We see not, know not; all our way 1861 351077
430: To ---- Fair Nature's priestesses! to whom, 421119
431: To ------ Maiden! with the fair brown tresses 1601084
432: To A Cape Ann Schooner Luck to the craft that bears this name of mine, 141027
433: To A Friend How smiled the land of France 841028
434: To A Southern Statesman Is this thy voice whose treble notes of fear 411016
435: To Avis Keene Thanks for thy gift Of ocean flowers, 791044
436: To Charles Sumner If I have seemed more prompt to censure wrong 41994
437: To Delaware Thrice welcome to thy sisters of the East, 231013
438: To E. C. S. Poet and friend of poets, if thy glass 81063
439: To Englishmen You flung your taunt across the wave 1862 551289
440: To Faneuil Hall Men! if manhood still ye claim, 48983
441: To Fredrika Bremer Seeress of the misty Norland, 28992
442: To G. G. Graceful in name and in thyself, our river 16940
443: To George B. Cheever So spake Esaias: so, in words of flame, 201083
444: To J. P. Not as a poor requital of the joy 15961
445: To James T. Fields Well thought! who would not rather hear 641007
446: To John C. Fremont Thy error, Fremont, simply was to act 1861 261975
447: To Lydia Maria Child The sweet spring day is glad with music, 40919
448: To Massachusetts What though around thee blazes 48947
449: To My Friend OnThe Death Of His Sister Thine is a grief, the depth of which another 48984
450: To My Old Schoolmaster Old friend, kind friend! lightly down 195962
451: To My Sister, Dear Sister! while the wise and sage 40593
452: To Oliver Wendell Holmes Among the thousands who with hail and cheer 52614
453: To Pennsylvania O state prayer-founded! never hung 30590
454: To Pius IX The cannon's brazen lips are cold; 76562
455: To Ronge Strike home, strong-hearted man! Down to the root 30588
456: To Samuel E. Sewall And Harriet W. Sewall, Of Melrose Olor Iscanus queries: “Why should we 1863 161278
457: To The Memory Of Charles B. Storrs Thou hast fallen in thine armor, 80605
458: To The Memory Of Thomas Shipley Gone to thy Heavenly Father's rest! 70604
459: To The Reformers Of England God bless ye, brothers! in the fight 60535
460: To The Thirty-Ninth Congress O people-chosen! are ye not 51574
461: To William H. Seward Statesman, I thank thee! and, if yet dissent 21698
462: To William Lloyd Garrison Champion of those who groan beneath 48581
463: Toussaint L’Ouverture T was night. The tranquil moonlight smile 247616
464: Trinitas At morn I prayed, "I fain would see 69607
465: Trust The same old baffling questions! O my friend, 18615
466: Utterance But what avail inadequate words to reach 14644
467: Valuation The old Squire said, as he stood by his gate, 16650
468: Vesta O Christ of God! whose life and death 645
469: Voice Of New England Up the hillside, down the glen, 87559
470: Voyage Of The Jettie A shallow stream, from fountains 1880 1261255
471: We May Not Climb The Heavenly Steeps We may not climb the heavenly steeps 24594
472: What Of The Day A sound of tumult troubles all the air, 30659
473: What The Birds Said The birds against the April wind 441461
474: What The Traveller Said At Sunset The shadows grow and deepen round me, 442237
475: What The Voice Said Maddened by Earth's wrong and evil, 721300
476: William Forster The years are many since his hand 722163
477: William Francis Bartlett Oh, well may Essex sit forlorn 442080
478: Wilson The lowliest born of all the land, 421264
479: Winter Roses My garden roses long ago 322919
480: Within The Gate We sat together, last May-day, and talked 721292
481: Wordsworth Dear friends, who read the world aright, 281275
482: Worship The Pagan's myths through marble lips are spoken, 601210
483: Yorktown From Yorktown's ruins, ranked and still, 801097




About:
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.


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