"The low green tent Whose curtain never outward…" — John Greenleaf Whittier
"The low green tent Whose curtain never outward swings."
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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 the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!
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I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems…
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Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his…
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But Nature cast me for the part she found me best fitted for, and I have had to play it,…
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An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in…
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From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
— Winston Churchill
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I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a…
— Grover Cleveland
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Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all.
— George M. Cohan
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In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their…
— Herbert Croly
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From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the…
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We will draw the curtain and show you the picture.
— William Shakespeare
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When you've always worked hard in the theater, you find that when you stop playing at the end of a…
— Rex Harrison
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I never cared who scored the goal, or which side won the silver cup. I never learned to bat or…
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