Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes

“So all night long the storm roared on:
The morning broke without a sun;
In tiny spherule traced with lines
Of Nature’s geometric signs,
In starry flake, and pellicle,
All day the hoary meteor fell;
And, when the second morning shone,
We looked upon a world unknown,
On nothing we could call our own.
Around the glistening wonder bent
The blue walls of the firmament,
No cloud above, no earth below,—
A universe of sky and snow!”
― John Greenleaf Whittier, Complete poetical works

“And still we love the evil cause
And of the just effect complain;
We tread upon life's broken laws
And murmur at our self-inflicted pain.”
― John Greenleaf Whittier, Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

“But dream not helm and harness
The sign of valor true;
Peace hath higher tests of manhood
Than battle ever knew.”
― John Greenleaf Whittier, Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

“Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.”
― John Greenleaf Whittier, Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier