 | [John Greenleaf Whittier, a citizen of Amesbury, in] Memorial to John Greenleaf Whittier, by the citizens of Amesbury. December 17, 1892 |  |
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JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, A CITIZEN OF AMESBURY.
A single, noble, unpretending man,Who built his life upon his Maker's plan,
That man that God intended he should be,
He was, and is, O men of Amesbury!
With him you shared the sunshine and free air,
His townsmen;—honorable name to bear?
His memory with your best of life must blend;
To every one of you he was a friend,
The heart that throbbed to his more nobly beats:
Grand should the manhood be that walks your streets.
| [John Greenleaf Whittier, a citizen of Amesbury, in] Memorial to John Greenleaf Whittier, by the citizens of Amesbury. December 17, 1892 | |