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The poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

in four volumes
Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)

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VOLUME I NARRATIVE AND LEGENDARY POEMS
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VOLUME II POEMS OF NATURE, RELIGIOUS POEMS, ETC.
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POEMS OF NATURE
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POEMS SUBJECTIVE AND REMINISCENT
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RELIGIOUS POEMS
  
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
  
THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN.
  
THE CALL OF THE CHRISTIAN.
  
THE CRUCIFIXION.
  
PALESTINE.
  
THE FAMILIST'S HYMN.
  
EZEKIEL.
  
WHAT THE VOICE SAID.
  
THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE.
  
THE WIFE OF MANOAH TO HER HUSBAND.
  
MY SOUL AND I.
  
WORSHIP.
  
THE HOLY LAND.
  
THE REWARD.
  
THE WISH OF TO-DAY.
  
ALL'S WELL.
  
INVOCATION.
  
QUESTIONS OF LIFE.
  
FIRST-DAY THOUGHTS.
  
TRUST.
  
TRINITAS.
  
THE SISTERS.
  
“THE ROCK” IN EL GHOR.
  
THE OVER-HEART.
  
THE SHADOW AND THE LIGHT.
  
THE CRY OF A LOST SOUL.
  
ANDREW RYKMAN'S PRAYER.
  
THE ANSWER.
  
THE ETERNAL GOODNESS.
  
THE COMMON QUESTION.
  
OUR MASTER.
  
THE MEETING.
  
THE CLEAR VISION.
  
DIVINE COMPASSION.
  
THE PRAYER-SEEKER.
  
THE BREWING OF SOMA.
  
A WOMAN.
  
THE PRAYER OF AGASSIZ.
  
IN QUEST.
  
THE FRIEND'S BURIAL.
  
A CHRISTMAS CARMEN.
  
VESTA.
  
CHILD-SONGS.
  
THE HEALER.
  
THE TWO ANGELS.
  
OVERRULED.
  
HYMN OF THE DUNKERS.
  
GIVING AND TAKING.
  
THE VISION OF ECHARD.
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INSCRIPTIONS.
  
THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER.
  
BY THEIR WORKS.
  
THE WORD.
  
THE BOOK.
  
REQUIREMENT.
  
HELP.
  
UTTERANCE.
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ORIENTAL MAXIMS.
  
AN EASTER FLOWER GIFT.
  
THE MYSTIC'S CHRISTMAS.
  
AT LAST.
  
WHAT THE TRAVELLER SAID AT SUNSET.
  
THE “STORY OF IDA.”
  
THE LIGHT THAT IS FELT.
  
THE TWO LOVES.
  
ADJUSTMENT.
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HYMNS OF THE BRAHMO SOMAJ.
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[I. The mercy, O Eternal One]
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[II. We fast and plead, we weep and pray]
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[III. O soul, be patient, restrain thy tears]
  
REVELATION.
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VOLUME III ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS, SONGS OF LABOR AND REFORM
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VOLUME IV Personal Poems, The Tent on the Beach, etc.

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CONDUCT.

From the Mahàbhárata.

Heed how thou livest. Do no act by day
Which from the night shall drive thy peace away.
In months of sun so live that months of rain
Shall still be happy. Evermore restrain
Evil and cherish good, so shall there be
Another and a happier life for thee.
1881.
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