John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“All the windows of my heart I open to the day.”
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“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”
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“Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.”
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“Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.”
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“Again the blackbirds sings; the streams Wake, laughing, from their winter dreams, And tremble in the April showers The tassels of the maple flowers.”
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“Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.”
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“Through the dark and stormy night Faith beholds a feeble light Up the blackness streaking; Knowing God's own time is best, In a patient hope I rest For the full day-breaking!”
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“The simple heart that freely asks in love, obtains.”
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“Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant ...”
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“The tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.”
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“A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!”
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“Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.”
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“the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you”
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“As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.”
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“I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.”
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“Behind the cloud the starlight lurks, Through showers the sunbeams fall; For God, who loveth all his works, Has left his Hope with all.”
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“Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide.”
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“No cloud above, no earth below, A universe of sky and snow.”
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“All day the darkness and the cold Upon my heart have lain Like shadows on the winter sky Like frost upon the pane”
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“God's providence is not blind, but full of eyes.”
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“From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.”
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“The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art.”
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“Oh, for boyhood's painless play, sleep that wakes in laughing day, health that mocks the doctor's rules, knowledge never learned of schools.”
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“The sooner we recognize the fact that the mercy of the Almighty extends to every creature endowed with life, the better it will be for us as men and Christians.”
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