"The tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming……" — John Greenleaf Whittier

"The tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost."

— John Greenleaf Whittier

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139 Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier has 139 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly…
The laws of changeless justice bind oppressor and oppressed; and, close as sin and suffering joined we march to fate…
He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise,…
We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and…
Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And…
God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late, They touch the shining hills of day; The evil cannot brook delay,…
I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His…
God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over…
And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare…
The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt…
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 the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!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 came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it… — Orlando Bloom
Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full… — Hal Borland
A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is… — Hal Borland
Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. — Elizabeth Bowen
Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. — Robert Browning
I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the… — Robert Browning
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. — Albert Camus
If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that. — Nick Cave
Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. — William Allingham
Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year. — Backseat Goodbye
There are a thousand flowers blossoming in spring, The magical light of the full moon in autumn; There is a… — Wumen Huikai
A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle… — Unknown Author

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