"A faint blush melting through the light of……" — John Greenleaf Whittier
"A faint blush melting through the light of thy transparent cheek like a rose-leaf bathed in dew."
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139 Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier has 139 quotes on this site.
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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly…
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The laws of changeless justice bind oppressor and oppressed; and, close as sin and suffering joined we march to fate…
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He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise,…
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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…
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Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And…
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God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late, They touch the shining hills of day; The evil cannot brook delay,…
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I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His…
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God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over…
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And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
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Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare…
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The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt…
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So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!
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My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find…
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Some people like to read so many [Bible] chapters every day. I would not dissuade them from the practice, but…
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Parents of handicapped children are occasionally embarrassed or hurt by others who awkwardly express sympathy but cannot know or appreciate…
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Anytime, day or night, at home or in the street, wherever we are, we are bathed in God.
— Hélder Câmara
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The harvested fields bathed in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any human…
— Albert Schweitzer
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I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things…
— Henry David Thoreau
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As I walked in the woods I felt what I often feel that nothing can befall me in life, no…
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A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed...
— Eugene Ionesco
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Come, drink the mystic wine of Night, Brimming with silence and the stars; While earth, bathed in this holy light,…
— Louis Untermeyer
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As hard as I have tried to remember the exact moment when I fell in love with God, I cannot…
— Barbara Brown Taylor
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Spending your time with true spiritual friends will fill you with love for all beings and help you to see…
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