01c. 1807 ADSo fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!John G. Whittier / quote ↗
03c. 1807 ADAnd step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
04c. 1807 ADFor still the new transcends the old In signs and tokens manifold; Slaves rise up men; the olive waves, With roots deep set in battle graves!John G. Whittier / quote ↗
05c. 1807 ADGive lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his "Highland Mary!"John G. Whittier / quote ↗
06c. 1807 ADFor of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been!"John G. Whittier / quote ↗
07c. 1807 ADLow stir of leaves and dip of oars And lapsing waves on quiet shores.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
09c. 1807 ADI know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
12c. 1807 ADWhat is good-looking, as Horace Smith remarks, but looking good? Be good, be womanly, be gentle, generous in your sympathies, heedful of the well-being of all around you; and, my word for it, you will not lack kind words of admiration.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
13c. 1807 ADA loving heart carries with it, under every parallel of latitude, the warmth and light of the tropics. It plants its Eden in the wilderness and solitary place, and sows with flowers the gray desolation of rock and mosses.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
14c. 1807 ADO, brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother, where pity dwells, the peace of God is there.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
15c. 1807 ADWhat is really momentous and all-important with us is the present, by which the future is shaped and colored.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
16c. 1807 ADTruth should be the first lesson of the child and the last aspiration of manhood; for it has been well said that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
18c. 1807 ADFor of all sad words of tongue or pen, / The saddest were these: "It might have been."John G. Whittier / quote ↗
19c. 1807 ADGod blesses still the generous thought, / And still the fitting word He speeds, / And truth, at His requiring taught, / He quickens into deeds.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
21c. 1807 ADThe steps of faith fall on the seeming void, and find the rock beneath.John G. Whittier / quote ↗
24c. 1807 ADThe future’s gain Is certain as God’s truth; but, meanwhile, pain Is bitter, and tears are salt: our voices take A sober tone; our very household songs Are heavy with a nation’s griefs and wrongs; And innocent mirth is chastened for the sake Of the brave hearts that nevermore shall beat. The eyes that smile no more, the unreturning feet!John G. Whittier / quote ↗
