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May Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

8 May quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

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John Greenleaf Whittier’s May musings arrive in a modest handful of lines, each catching a moment of early summer. Though the collection is small, the poems still echo his gentle, observant voice, giving readers a quick taste of how he frames the season’s quiet awakenings.

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A charmed life old goodness hath; the tares may perish, but the grain is not for death.

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A bending staff I would not break, A feeble faith I would not shake, Nor even rashly pluck away The error which…

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Truth is one; And, in all lands beneath the sun, Whoso hath eyes to see may see The tokens of its unity.

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When earth as if on evil dreams Looks back upon her wars, And the white light of Christ outstreams From the red…

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God should be most where man is least: So, where is neither church nor priest, And never rag nor form of creed…

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Oh, talk as we may of beauty as a thing to be chiselled from marble or wrought out on canvas, speculate as…

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Others may sing the song. Others may right the wrong.

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The garden rose may richly bloom In cultured soil and genial air, To cloud the light of Fashion's room Or droop in…

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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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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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