John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes


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


Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad. - John Greenleaf Whittier


'Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,/ But spare your country's flag,' she said./ A shade of sadness, a blush of shame,/ Over the face of the leader came. - John Greenleaf Whittier


She blended in a like degree The vixen and the devotee. - John Greenleaf Whittier


Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew. - John Greenleaf Whittier


One brave deed makes no hero. - John Greenleaf Whittier


On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll; on plastic clay and leather scroll, man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed, and lo! the Press was found at last! - John Greenleaf Whittier


Oh, for boyhood's painless play, sleep that wakes in laughing day, health that mocks the doctor's rules, knowledge never learned of schools. - John Greenleaf Whittier


Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.' - John Greenleaf Whittier


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