Humans Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

8 Humans quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

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John Greenleaf Whittier’s sincere voice appears in these eight concise quotes. He blends moral urgency with poetic grace, painting a heartfelt portrait of human striving.

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With smoking axle hot with speed, with steeds of fire and steam, Wide-waked To-day leaves Yesterday behind him like a dream. Still,…

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

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Press bravely onward! - not in vainYour generous trust in human kind;The good which bloodshed could not gainYour peaceful zeal shall find.

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Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side…

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Truth should be the first lesson of the child and the last aspiration of manhood; for it has been well said that…

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We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never…

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Around the mighty master came The marvels which his pencil wrought, Those miracles of power whose fame Is wide as human thought.

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I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be, The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a…

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Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again his stage, and Chaucer paints anew his age.

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the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

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No lance have I, in joust or fight, To splinter in my lady's sight; But, at her feet, how blest were I For any…

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A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for…

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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…

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What does the good ship bear so well? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell.

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Love hath never known a law beyond its own sweet will.

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

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Sweeter than any sungMy songs that found no tongue;Nobler than any factMy wish that failed of act.Others shall sing the song,Others shall right the…

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The Present, the Present is all thou hast For thy sure possessing; Like the patriarch's angel hold it fast Till it gives its blessing.

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They who wander widest lift No more of beauties' jealous veils, Than they who from their doorways see The miracle of flowers and trees.

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Once more the liberal year laughs out O'er richer stores than gems or gold: Once more with harvest song and shout Is nature's boldest…

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Quite the ugliest face I ever saw was that of a woman whom the world called beautiful. Through its silver veil the evil and…

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With smoking axle hot with speed, with steeds of fire and steam, Wide-waked To-day leaves Yesterday behind him like a dream. Still, from the…

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

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