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The poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

in four volumes

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)

VOLUME I NARRATIVE AND LEGENDARY POEMS

PROEM

THE VAUDOIS TEACHER.

THE FEMALE MARTYR.

EXTRACT FROM “A NEW ENGLAND LEGEND.”

THE DEMON OF THE STUDY.

THE FOUNTAIN.

PENTUCKET.

THE NORSEMEN.

FUNERAL TREE OF THE SOKOKIS.

ST. JOHN.

THE CYPRESS-TREE OF CEYLON.

THE EXILES.

THE KNIGHT OF ST. JOHN.

CASSANDRA SOUTHWICK.

THE NEW WIFE AND THE OLD.

THE BRIDAL OF PENNACOOK.

VIII. SONG OF INDIAN WOMEN.

BARCLAY OF URY.

THE ANGELS OF BUENA VISTA.

THE LEGEND OF ST. MARK.

KATHLEEN.

THE WELL OF LOCH MAREE.

THE CHAPEL OF THE HERMITS.

TAULER.

THE HERMIT OF THE THEBAID.

MAUD MULLER.

MARY GARVIN.

THE RANGER.

THE GARRISON OF CAPE ANN.

THE GIFT OF TRITEMIUS.

SKIPPER IRESON'S RIDE.

THE SYCAMORES.

THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW.

TELLING THE BEES.

THE SWAN SONG OF PARSON AVERY.

THE DOUBLE-HEADED SNAKE OF NEWBURY.

MABEL MARTIN.

THE PROPHECY OF SAMUEL SEWALL.

THE RED RIVER VOYAGEUR.

THE PREACHER.

THE TRUCE OF PISCATAQUA.

MY PLAYMATE.

COBBLER KEEZAR'S VISION.

THE DOLE OF JARL THORKELL.

THE TWO RABBINS.

NOREMBEGA.

MIRIAM.

NAUHAUGHT, THE DEACON.

THE SISTERS.

MARGUERITE.

THE ROBIN.

THE PENNSYLVANIA PILGRIM.

KING VOLMER AND ELSIE.

KING SOLOMON AND THE ANTS.

IN THE “OLD SOUTH.”

THE HENCHMAN.

THE DEAD FEAST OF THE KOL-FOLK.

THE ROCK-TOMB OF BRADORE.

THE BAY OF SEVEN ISLANDS.

THE WISHING BRIDGE.

HOW THE WOMEN WENT FROM DOVER.

SAINT GREGORY'S GUEST.

BANISHED FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

THE BROWN DWARF OF RÜGEN.

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VOLUME II POEMS OF NATURE, RELIGIOUS POEMS, ETC.

ON RECEIVING AN EAGLE'S QUILL FROM LAKE SUPERIOR.

APRIL.

PICTURES.

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 PALM-TREE.

THE RIVER PATH.

MOUNTAIN PICTURES.

I. FRANCONIA FROM THE PEMIGEW ASSET.

II. MONADNOCK FROM WACHUSET.

SUNSET ON THE BEARCAMP.

THE SEEKING OF THE WATERFALL.

THE TRAILING ARBUTUS.

ST. MARTIN'S SUMMER.

STORM ON LAKE ASQUAM.

POEMS SUBJECTIVE AND REMINISCENT

VOYAGE OF THE JETTIE.

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.

THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN.

THE CALL OF THE CHRISTIAN.

THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE.

THE WIFE OF MANOAH TO HER HUSBAND.

“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 PRAYER OF AGASSIZ.

THE VISION OF ECHARD.

INSCRIPTIONS.

ON A SUN-DIAL.

ON A FOUNTAIN.

THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER.

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.

HYMNS OF THE BRAHMO SOMAJ.

[I. The mercy, O Eternal One]

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

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

REVELATION.

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

ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS

TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.

TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.

STANZAS FOR THE TIMES.

CLERICAL OPPRESSORS.

A SUMMONS.

TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS SHIPLEY.

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

PENNSYLVANIA HALL.

THE NEW YEAR.

THE RELIC.

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.

TEXAS.

VOICE OF NEW ENGLAND.

TO A SOUTHERN STATESMAN.

SONG OF SLAVES IN THE DESERT.

THE SLAVES OF MARTINIQUE.

THE CURSE OF THE CHARTER-BREAKERS.

PÆAN.

THE CRISIS.

LINES ON THE PORTRAIT OF A CELEBRATED PUBLISHER.

DERNE.

A SABBATH SCENE.

IN THE EVIL DAYS.

MOLOCH IN STATE STREET.

FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE.

THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS.

THE PASS OF THE SIERRA.

A SONG FOR THE TIME.

WHAT OF THE DAY?

A SONG, INSCRIBED TO THE FRÉMONT CLUBS.

THE PANORAMA.

ON A PRAYER-BOOK,

THE SUMMONS.

TO WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

IN WAR TIME.

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.

THE WATCHERS.

TO ENGLISHMEN.

MITHRIDATES AT CHIOS.

AT PORT ROYAL.

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.

TO THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

THE HIVE AT GETTYSBURG.

HOWARD AT ATLANTA.

THE EMANCIPATION GROUP.

THE JUBILEE SINGERS.

GARRISON.

SONGS OF LABOR AND REFORM

THE QUAKER OF THE OLDEN TIME.

DEMOCRACY.

THE GALLOWS.

SEED-TIME AND HARVEST.

TO THE REFORMERS OF ENGLAND.

THE PEACE CONVENTION AT BRUSSELS.

THE PRISONER FOR DEBT.

THE CHRISTIAN TOURISTS.

THE PRISONERS OF NAPLES.

THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

ASTRÆA.

THE DISENTHRALLED.

THE POOR VOTER ON ELECTION DAY.

THE DREAM OF PIO NONO.

THE VOICES.

THE NEW EXODUS.

THE CONQUEST OF FINLAND.

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

PERSONAL POEMS

A LAMENT.

TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES B. STORRS,

TO MY FRIEND ON THE DEATH OF HIS SISTER.

TO MY OLD SCHOOLMASTER.

TO GEORGE B. CHEEVER.

TO JAMES T. FIELDS.

THE MEMORY OF BURNS.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF JOSEPH STURGE.

BROWN OF OSSAWATOMIE.

NAPLES.

A MEMORIAL.

BRYANT ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

TO LYDIA MARIA CHILD,

WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT.

THE POET AND THE CHILDREN.

A WELCOME TO LOWELL.

AN ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL.

MULFORD.

TO A CAPE ANN SCHOONER.

FOR AN AUTUMN FESTIVAL.

JUNE ON THE MERRIMAC.

HYMN

A SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATION.

CHICAGO.

KINSMAN.

THE GOLDEN WEDDING OF LONGWOOD.

HYMN

LEXINGTON.

THE LIBRARY.

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

CENTENNIAL HYMN.

AT SCHOOL-CLOSE.

HYMN OF THE CHILDREN.

THE BARTHOLDI STATUE.

ONE OF THE SIGNERS.

THE TENT ON THE BEACH

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THE WRECK OF RIVERMOUTH.

THE GRAVE BY THE LAKE.

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THE BROTHER OF MERCY.

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THE CHANGELING.

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THE MAIDS OF ATTITASH.

THE DEAD SHIP OF HARPSWELL.

THE WORSHIP OF NATURE.

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AT SUNDOWN

To E. C. S.

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.

THE LAST EVE OF SUMMER.

TO OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

APPENDIX

I. EARLY AND UNCOLLECTED VERSES.

THE EXILE'S DEPARTURE.

THE DEITY.

THE VALE OF THE MERRIMAC.

BENEVOLENCE.

OCEAN.

THE SICILIAN VESPERS.

THE SPIRIT OF THE NORTH.

THE EARTHQUAKE.

JUDITH AT THE TENT OF HOLOFERNES.

METACOM.

MOUNT AGIOCHOOK.

THE DRUNKARD TO HIS BOTTLE.

THE PAST AND COMING YEAR.

THE MISSIONARY.

EVENING IN BURMAH.

MASSACHUSETTS.

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.

ALBUM VERSES.

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.

AN AUTOGRAPH.

TO LUCY LARCOM.

A FAREWELL.

ON A FLY-LEAF OF LONGFELLOW'S POEMS.

SAMUEL E. SEWALL.

LINES WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM.

A DAY'S JOURNEY.

A FRAGMENT.

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A DAY'S JOURNEY.

After your pleasant morning travel
You pause as at a wayside inn,
And take with grateful hearts your breakfast
Though served in dishes all of TIN.

Then go, while years as hours are counted,
Until the dial's hand at noon
Invites you to a dinner table
Garnished with SILVER fork and spoon.

And when the vesper bell to supper
Is calling, and the day is old,
May love transmute the tin of morning
And noonday's silver into GOLD.