Ocupation: Poet
Life: December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892
Birthday: December 17
Death: September 7
Our toil is sweet with thankfulness, Our burden is our boon; The curse of earth's gray morning is The blessing of its noon.
source: John Greenleaf Whittier (2012). “Personal Poems, Complete Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal Poems”, p.170, tredition
topic: Sweet, Morning, Blessing, Difficult Days, Boon