"Up from the sea, the wild north wind……" — John Greenleaf Whittier
"Up from the sea, the wild north wind is blowing, under the sky's gray arch. Smiling, I watch the shaken elm boughs, knowing It is the wind of March."
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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 the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!
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More Arch Quotes
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All experience is an arch, to build upon.
— Henry Adams
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A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.
— Emily Blunt
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Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.
— Thomas Jefferson
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The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger…
— Martin Luther
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Dianetics is a milestone for man comparable to his discovery of fire and superior to his invention of the wheel…
— L. Ron Hubbard
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If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load that is laid upon it, for thereby the…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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The archenemy is the arch stupid!
— Thomas Carlyle
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The resurrection is the keystone of the arch on which our faith is supported. If Christ has not risen, we…
— Dwight L. Moody
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Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development…
— King Hussein I
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A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind.…
— Anthony Trollope
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Every solitary one of these aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists…
— Eugene V. Debs
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The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas…
— Matt LeBlanc
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