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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

THE VAUDOIS TEACHER.

THE FEMALE MARTYR.

EXTRACT FROM “A NEW ENGLAND LEGEND.”

THE DEMON OF THE STUDY.

FUNERAL TREE OF THE SOKOKIS.

THE CYPRESS-TREE OF CEYLON.

THE KNIGHT OF ST. JOHN.

CASSANDRA SOUTHWICK.

THE NEW WIFE AND THE OLD.

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THE BRIDAL OF PENNACOOK.

1.

I. THE MERRIMAC.

2.

II. THE BASHABA.

3.

III. THE DAUGHTER.

4.

IV. THE WEDDING.

5.

V. THE NEW HOME.

6.

VI. AT PENNACOOK.

7.

VII. THE DEPARTURE.

8.

VIII. SONG OF INDIAN WOMEN.

BARCLAY OF URY.

THE ANGELS OF BUENA VISTA.

THE LEGEND OF ST. MARK.

THE WELL OF LOCH MAREE.

THE CHAPEL OF THE HERMITS.

THE HERMIT OF THE THEBAID.

THE GARRISON OF CAPE ANN.

THE GIFT OF TRITEMIUS.

SKIPPER IRESON'S RIDE.

THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW.

TELLING THE BEES.

THE SWAN SONG OF PARSON AVERY.

THE DOUBLE-HEADED SNAKE OF NEWBURY.

THE PROPHECY OF SAMUEL SEWALL.

THE RED RIVER VOYAGEUR.

THE TRUCE OF PISCATAQUA.

COBBLER KEEZAR'S VISION.

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AMONG THE HILLS.

THE DOLE OF JARL THORKELL.

THE TWO RABBINS.

NAUHAUGHT, THE DEACON.

THE PENNSYLVANIA PILGRIM.

KING VOLMER AND ELSIE.

THE THREE BELLS.

JOHN UNDERHILL.

CONDUCTOR BRADLEY.

THE WITCH OF WENHAM

KING SOLOMON AND THE ANTS.

IN THE “OLD SOUTH.”

THE DEAD FEAST OF THE KOL-FOLK.

THE KHAN'S DEVIL.

THE KING'S MISSIVE.

THE ROCK-TOMB OF BRADORE.

THE BAY OF SEVEN ISLANDS.

THE WISHING BRIDGE.

HOW THE WOMEN WENT FROM DOVER.

SAINT GREGORY'S GUEST.

BIRCHBROOK MILL.

THE TWO ELIZABETHS.

HOW THE ROBIN CAME.

BANISHED FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

THE BROWN DWARF OF RÜGEN.

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VOLUME II POEMS OF NATURE, RELIGIOUS POEMS, ETC.

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POEMS OF NATURE

THE FROST SPIRIT.

A DREAM OF SUMMER.

AUTUMN THOUGHTS.

ON RECEIVING AN EAGLE'S QUILL FROM LAKE SUPERIOR.

SUMMER BY THE LAKESIDE.

THE FRUIT-GIFT.

FLOWERS IN WINTER.

THE MAYFLOWERS.

THE LAST WALK IN AUTUMN.

THE FIRST FLOWERS.

THE OLD BURYING-GROUND.

THE RIVER PATH.

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MOUNTAIN PICTURES.

1.

I. FRANCONIA FROM THE PEMIGEW ASSET.

2.

II. MONADNOCK FROM WACHUSET.

THE PRESSED GENTIAN.

HAZEL BLOSSOMS.

SUNSET ON THE BEARCAMP.

THE SEEKING OF THE WATERFALL.

THE TRAILING ARBUTUS.

ST. MARTIN'S SUMMER.

STORM ON LAKE ASQUAM.

A SUMMER PILGRIMAGE.

THE WOOD GIANT.

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POEMS SUBJECTIVE AND REMINISCENT

THE BAREFOOT BOY.

IN SCHOOL-DAYS.

RED RIDING-HOOD.

VOYAGE OF THE JETTIE.

ABRAM MORRISON.

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RELIGIOUS POEMS

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.

THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN.

THE CALL OF THE CHRISTIAN.

THE CRUCIFIXION.

THE FAMILIST'S HYMN.

WHAT THE VOICE SAID.

THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE.

THE WIFE OF MANOAH TO HER HUSBAND.

THE WISH OF TO-DAY.

QUESTIONS OF LIFE.

FIRST-DAY THOUGHTS.

“THE ROCK” IN EL GHOR.

THE OVER-HEART.

THE SHADOW AND THE LIGHT.

THE CRY OF A LOST SOUL.

ANDREW RYKMAN'S PRAYER.

THE ETERNAL GOODNESS.

THE COMMON QUESTION.

THE CLEAR VISION.

DIVINE COMPASSION.

THE PRAYER-SEEKER.

THE BREWING OF SOMA.

THE PRAYER OF AGASSIZ.

THE FRIEND'S BURIAL.

A CHRISTMAS CARMEN.

THE TWO ANGELS.

HYMN OF THE DUNKERS.

GIVING AND TAKING.

THE VISION OF ECHARD.

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THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER.

BY THEIR WORKS.

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ORIENTAL MAXIMS.

THE INWARD JUDGE.

LAYING UP TREASURE.

AN EASTER FLOWER GIFT.

THE MYSTIC'S CHRISTMAS.

WHAT THE TRAVELLER SAID AT SUNSET.

THE “STORY OF IDA.”

THE LIGHT THAT IS FELT.

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HYMNS OF THE BRAHMO SOMAJ.

1.

[I. The mercy, O Eternal One]

2.

[II. We fast and plead, we weep and pray]

3.

[III. O soul, be patient, restrain thy tears]

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3.

VOLUME III ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS, SONGS OF LABOR AND REFORM

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ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS

TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.

TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.

THE SLAVE-SHIPS.

THE YANKEE GIRL.

THE HUNTERS OF MEN.

STANZAS FOR THE TIMES.

CLERICAL OPPRESSORS.

TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS SHIPLEY.

THE MORAL WARFARE.

THE PASTORAL LETTER.

THE FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO SOUTHERN BONDAGE.

PENNSYLVANIA HALL.

THE WORLD'S CONVENTION OF THE FRIENDS OF EMANCIPATION, HELD IN LONDON IN 1840.

MASSACHUSETTS TO VIRGINIA.

THE CHRISTIAN SLAVE.

THE SENTENCE OF JOHN L. BROWN.

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VOICE OF NEW ENGLAND.

TO FANEUIL HALL.

TO MASSACHUSETTS.

TO A SOUTHERN STATESMAN.

THE BRANDED HAND.

THE FREED ISLANDS.

SONG OF SLAVES IN THE DESERT.

RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.

THE LOST STATESMAN.

THE SLAVES OF MARTINIQUE.

THE CURSE OF THE CHARTER-BREAKERS.

LINES ON THE PORTRAIT OF A CELEBRATED PUBLISHER.

A SABBATH SCENE.

IN THE EVIL DAYS.

MOLOCH IN STATE STREET.

OFFICIAL PIETY.

ARISEN AT LAST.

FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE.

THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS.

BURIAL OF BARBER.

TO PENNSYLVANIA.

LE MARAIS DU CYGNE.

THE PASS OF THE SIERRA.

A SONG FOR THE TIME.

WHAT OF THE DAY?

A SONG, INSCRIBED TO THE FRÉMONT CLUBS.

ON A PRAYER-BOOK,

TO WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

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TO SAMUEL E. SEWALL AND HARRIET W. SEWALL, OF MELROSE.

THY WILL BE DONE.

A WORD FOR THE HOUR.

“EIN FESTE BURG IST UNSER GOTT.”

TO JOHN C. FRÉMONT.

MITHRIDATES AT CHIOS.

ASTRÆA AT THE CAPITOL.

THE BATTLE AUTUMN OF 1862.

HYMN, SUNG AT CHRISTMAS BY THE SCHOLARS OF ST. HELENA'S ISLAND, S. C.

THE PROCLAMATION.

ANNIVERSARY POEM.

WHAT THE BIRDS SAID.

THE MANTLE OF ST. JOHN DE MATHA.

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THE PEACE AUTUMN.

TO THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

THE HIVE AT GETTYSBURG.

HOWARD AT ATLANTA.

THE EMANCIPATION GROUP.

THE JUBILEE SINGERS.

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SONGS OF LABOR AND REFORM

THE QUAKER OF THE OLDEN TIME.

SEED-TIME AND HARVEST.

TO THE REFORMERS OF ENGLAND.

THE HUMAN SACRIFICE.

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SONGS OF LABOR.

THE SHOEMAKERS.

THE SHIP-BUILDERS.

THE PEACE CONVENTION AT BRUSSELS.

THE PRISONER FOR DEBT.

THE CHRISTIAN TOURISTS.

THE MEN OF OLD.

CALEF IN BOSTON.

THE PRISONERS OF NAPLES.

THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

THE DISENTHRALLED.

THE POOR VOTER ON ELECTION DAY.

THE DREAM OF PIO NONO.

THE NEW EXODUS.

THE CONQUEST OF FINLAND.

THE EVE OF ELECTION.

FREEDOM IN BRAZIL.

AFTER ELECTION.

ON THE BIG HORN.

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VOLUME IV Personal Poems, The Tent on the Beach, etc.

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TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES B. STORRS,

LEGGETT'S MONUMENT.

TO RONGE.

TO MY FRIEND ON THE DEATH OF HIS SISTER.

DANIEL WHEELER.

TO FREDRIKA BREMER.

THE LOST OCCASION.

TO MY OLD SCHOOLMASTER.

WILLIAM FORSTER.

TO CHARLES SUMNER.

TO GEORGE B. CHEEVER.

TO JAMES T. FIELDS.

THE MEMORY OF BURNS.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF JOSEPH STURGE.

BROWN OF OSSAWATOMIE.

BRYANT ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

THOMAS STARR KING.

LINES ON A FLY-LEAF.

GEORGE L. STEARNS.

TO LYDIA MARIA CHILD,

FITZ-GREENE HALLECK.

WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT.

WITHIN THE GATE.

THE POET AND THE CHILDREN.

A WELCOME TO LOWELL.

AN ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL.

TO A CAPE ANN SCHOONER.

SAMUEL J. TILDEN.

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OCCASIONAL POEMS

A LAY OF OLD TIME.

A SONG OF HARVEST.

FOR AN AUTUMN FESTIVAL.

THE QUAKER ALUMNI.

“THE LAURELS.”

JUNE ON THE MERRIMAC.

A SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATION.

THE GOLDEN WEDDING OF LONGWOOD.

“I WAS A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME IN.”

CENTENNIAL HYMN.

AT SCHOOL-CLOSE.

HYMN OF THE CHILDREN.

NORUMBEGA HALL.

THE BARTHOLDI STATUE.

ONE OF THE SIGNERS.

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THE TENT ON THE BEACH

THE WRECK OF RIVERMOUTH.

THE GRAVE BY THE LAKE.

THE BROTHER OF MERCY.

THE CHANGELING.

THE MAIDS OF ATTITASH.

KALLUNDBORG CHURCH.

THE CABLE HYMN.

THE DEAD SHIP OF HARPSWELL.

ABRAHAM DAVENPORT.

THE WORSHIP OF NATURE.

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THE CHRISTMAS OF 1888.

THE VOW OF WASHINGTON.

THE CAPTAIN'S WELL.

AN OUTDOOR RECEPTION.

R. S. S., AT DEER ISLAND ON THE MERRIMAC.

BURNING DRIFT-WOOD.

O. W. HOLMES ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY.

THE BIRTHDAY WREATH.

THE WIND OF MARCH.

BETWEEN THE GATES.

THE LAST EVE OF SUMMER.

TO OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

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I. EARLY AND UNCOLLECTED VERSES.

THE EXILE'S DEPARTURE.

THE VALE OF THE MERRIMAC.

THE SICILIAN VESPERS.

THE SPIRIT OF THE NORTH.

THE EARTHQUAKE.

JUDITH AT THE TENT OF HOLOFERNES.

MOUNT AGIOCHOOK.

THE DRUNKARD TO HIS BOTTLE.

THE FAIR QUAKERESS.

ISABELLA OF AUSTRIA.

THE FRATRICIDE.

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3.

THE PAST AND COMING YEAR.

THE MISSIONARY.

EVENING IN BURMAH.

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II. POEMS PRINTED IN THE “LIFE OF WHITTIER.”

THE HOME-COMING OF THE BRIDE.

THE SONG OF THE VERMONTERS, 1779.

TO A POETICAL TRIO IN THE CITY OF GOTHAM.

WHAT STATE STREET SAID TO SOUTH CAROLINA, AND WHAT SOUTH CAROLINA SAID TO STATE STREET.

A FRÉMONT CAMPAIGN SONG.

THE QUAKERS ARE OUT.

A LEGEND OF THE LAKE.

LETTER TO LUCY LARCOM.

LINES ON LEAVING APPLEDORE.

MRS. CHOATE'S HOUSE-WARMING.

TO LUCY LARCOM.

ON A FLY-LEAF OF LONGFELLOW'S POEMS.

SAMUEL E. SEWALL.

LINES WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM.

A DAY'S JOURNEY.

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TO RONGE.

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This was written after reading the powerful and manly protest of Johannes Ronge against the “pious fraud” of the Bishop of Treves. The bold movement of the young Catholic priest of Prussian Silesia seemed to me full of promise to the cause of political as well as religious liberty in Europe. That it failed was due partly to the faults of the reformer, but mainly to the disagreement of the Liberals of Germany upon a matter of dogma, which prevented them from unity of action. Ronge was born in Silesia in 1813 and died in October, 1887. His autobiography was translated into English and published in London in 1846.

Strike home, strong-hearted man! Down to the root
Of old oppression sink the Saxon steel.
Thy work is to hew down. In God's name then
Put nerve into thy task. Let other men
Plant, as they may, that better tree whose fruit
The wounded bosom of the Church shall heal.
Be thou the image-breaker. Let thy blows
Fall heavy as the Suabian's iron hand,
On crown or crosier, which shall interpose
Between thee and the weal of Fatherland.
Leave creeds to closet idlers. First of all,
Shake thou all German dream-land with the fall
Of that accursed tree, whose evil trunk
Was spared of old by Erfurt's stalwart monk.
Fight not with ghosts and shadows. Let us hear
The snap of chain-links. Let our gladdened ear
Catch the pale prisoner's welcome, as the light
Follows thy axe-stroke, through his cell of night.
Be faithful to both worlds; nor think to feed
Earth's starving millions with the husks of creed.
Servant of Him whose mission high and holy
Was to the wronged, the sorrowing, and the lowly,

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Thrust not his Eden promise from our sphere,
Distant and dim beyond the blue sky's span;
Like him of Patmos, see it, now and here,
The New Jerusalem comes down to man!
Be warned by Luther's error. Nor like him,
When the roused Teuton dashes from his limb
The rusted chain of ages, help to bind
His hands for whom thou claim'st the freedom of the mind!

1846.