John Greenleaf Whittier Short Quotes

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The age is dull and mean. Men creep,
Not walk.

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Again the shadow moveth o'er
The dial-plate of time.

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The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.

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Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

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Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil good.

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If woman lost us Eden, such as she alone can restore it.

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Grant but memory to us, and we can lose nothing by death.

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The hope of all who suffer,
The dread of all who wrong.

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The craven's fear is but selfishness, like his merriment.

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As on the sea of Galilee the Christ is whispering "Peace!"

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Peace hath higher tests of manhood
Than battle ever knew.

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A true life is at once interpreter and proof of the gospel.

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Freedom's soil hath only place
For a free and fearless race!

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I dimly guess, from blessings known, of greater out of sight.

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Leaning on Him, make with reverent meekness His own thy will.

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Life is ever lord of Death
And Love can never lose its own.

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Falsehoods which we spurn today
Were the truths of long ago.

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To eat the lotus of the Nile
And drink the poppies of Cathay.

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These children of the meadows, born
Of sunshine and of showers!

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Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant...

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Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds.

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Love scarce is love that never knows
The sweetness of forgiving.

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To be saved is only this, — salvation from our own selfishness.

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By his life alone,
Gracious and sweet, the better way was shown.

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And Autumn in his leafless bowers is waiting for the winter's snow.

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Who never wins can rarely lose,
Who never climbs as rarely falls.

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Up from the meadows rich with corn,
Clear in the cool September morn.

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God fills the gaps of human need, Each crisis brings its word and deed.

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Low stir of leaves and dip of oars
And lapsing waves on quiet shores.

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The steps of faith fall on the seeming void, and find the rock beneath.

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