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John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

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American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States

John Greenleaf Whittier

Works

• The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier
  • V. 1. Narrative and legendary poems (transcription project)
  • V. 2. Poems of nature; Poems subjective and reminiscent; Religious poems (external scan)
  • V. 3. Anti-slavery poems; Songs of labor and reform (external scan)
  • V. 4. Personal poems; Occasinal poems; The tent on the beach
  • V. 5. Margaret Smith's journal; Tales and sketches(external scan)
  • V. 6. Old portraits and modern sketches; Personal sketches and tributes; Historical papers (external scan)
  • V. 7. The conflict with slavery: Politics and reform; The inner life; Criticism (external scan)

Contents: Top · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Alphabetical

A

• Abraham Davenport
• Abram Morrison
• Adjustment
• After Election
• After the War (Collection)
• All's Well
• Among the Hills (1869)
• Amy Wentworth
• Andrew Rykman's Prayer
• The Angel of Patience
• The Angels of Buena Vista
• Anniversary Poem
• The Answer
• April
• Arisen at Last
• Astraea
• Astraea at the Capitol
• At Eventide
• At Last
• At Port Royal
• At Washington
• An Autograph
• Autumn Thoughts

B

• Banished from Massachusetts
• Barbara Frietchie
• Barclay of Ury
• The Barefoot Boy
• The Battle Autumn of 1862
• The Bay of Seven Islands
• Birchbrook Mill
• Bolivar (1830)
• The Book
• The Branded Hand
• The Brewing of Soma
• The Bridal of Pennacook
• The Brown Dwarf of Rügen
• Burial of Barber
• Burning Drift-Wood
• Burns
• By Their Works

C

• Calef in Boston
• The Call of the Christian (1833)
• Cassandra Southwick
• Centennial Hymn
• The Changeling
• The Chapel of the Hermits (1853)
• Child-Songs
• The Christian Slave
• The Christian Tourists
• A Christmas Carmen
• The Cities of the Plain (1831)
• The Clear Vision
• Clerical Oppressors (1836)
• Cobbler Keezar's Vision
• The Common Question
• Conductor Bradley
• The Conquest of Finland
• The Countess
• The Crisis
• The Cross
• The Crucifixion (1834)
• The Cry of a Lost Soul
• The Curse of the Charter-Breakers
• The Cypress-Tree of Ceylon

D

• Daniel Neall
• A Day (1836)
• The Dead Feast of the Kol-Folk
• Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
• Dedication (1850)
• Democracy
• The Demon of the Study (1835)
• Derne
• Disarmament
• The Disenthralled
• Divine Compassion
• The Dole of Jarl Thorkell
• The Double-headed Snake of Newbury
• The Dream of Pio Nono
• A Dream of Summer
• The Drovers

E

• An Easter Flower Gift
• Ego
• The Emancipation Group
• The Eternal Goodness
• The Eve of Election
• The Exiles
• Expostulation
• Ezekiel

F

• The Fair Quakeress (1830)
• The Familist's Hymn (1838)
• The Farewell
• The Female Martyr (1833)
• The First Flowers
• First-Day Thoughts
• The Fisherman
• Flowers in Winter
• For Righteousness' Sake
• Forgiveness
• The Fountain (1837)
• The Freed Islands
• Freedom in Brazil
• The Friend's Burial
• From Perugia
• The Frost Spirit (1830)
• The Fruit-Gift
• Funeral Tree of the Sokokis

G

• The Gallows
• Garrison
• The Garrison of Cape Ann
• The Gift of Tritemius
• "The Giver and the Taker" in Littell's Living Age, 150 (1942)
• Giving and Taking
• Godspeed
• Greeting

H

• Hampton Beach
• Harvest Hymn
• The Haschish
• Hazel Blossoms
• The Healer
• Help
• The Henchman
• The Hermit of the Thebaid
• The Hero
• The Hive at Gettysburg
• The Holy Land
• The Homestead
• Howard at Atlanta
• How the Robin Came
• How the Women Went from Dover
• The Human Sacrifice
• The Hunters of Men (1835)
• The Huskers
• Hymn for the Celebration of Emancipation at Newburyport
• "Hymn" in Littell's Living Age, 129 (1671)
• Hymn of the Dunkers
• Hymn: "Oh, none in all the world before"
• Hymn: "O Holy Father! Just and True" (1837)
• Hymns from the French of Lamartine (1837)
• Hymns of the Brahmo Somaj
• Hymn: "Thou, Whose Presence Went Before"

I

• Ichabod
• Immortal love, forever full
• In Quest
• In School-Days
• Inscriptions
• In the Evil Days
• In the "Old South"
• Invocation
• In War Time (1864 collection)
• Italy

J

• John Underhill
• The Jubilee Singers

K

• Kallundborg Church
• The Kansas Emigrants
• Kathleen
• The Khan's Devil
• King Solomon and the Ants
• King Volmer and Elsie
• The King's Missive (1881)
• The Knight of St. John

L

• The Lakeside
• The Last Walk in Autumn
• Laus Deo!
• A Legacy
• The Legend of St. Mark
• Le Marais Du Cygne
• A Letter
• Letter from a Missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church of South, in Kansas, to a Distinguished Politician
• "Lexington, 1775" in Littell's Living Age, 125 (1613)
• The Light That Is Felt
• Lines from a Letter
• Lines on the Portrait of a Celebrated Publisher
• The Lost Statesman
• The Lumbermen

M

• Mable Martin: A Harvest Idyl
• The Mantle of St. John de Matra
• Marguerite
• Mary Garvin
• Massachusetts to Virginia
• Maud Muller
• The Mayflowers
• The Meeting
• Memories
• A Memory
• The Men of Old
• The Merrimac
• The Minister's Daughter
• Miriam
• Mithridates at Chios
• Moloch in State Street
• The Moral Warfare (1836)
• Mountain Pictures
• My Birthday
• My Dream
• ""My Heart was Heavy"" in Littell's Living Age, 129 (1662)
• My Namesake
• My Playmate
• My Psalm
• My Soul and I
• My Thanks
• My Triumph
• My Trust
• A Mystery
• The Mystic's Christmas

N

• A Name
• Nauhaught, the Deacon
• A New England Legend
• The New Exodus
• New Hampshire
• The New Wife and the Old
• The New Year (1839)
• Norembega
• The Norsemen

O

• Official Piety
• The Old Burying-Ground (1858)
• On a Prayer-Book
• On Receiving an Eagle's Quill from Lake Superior
• On the Big Horn
• Oriental Maxims
• Our Country
• Our Master
• Our State
• The Over-Heart
• Overruled

P

• Paean
• The Pageant
• Palestine
• The Palm-Tree
• The Panorama
• The Pass of the Sierra
• The Pastoral Letter (1837)
• The Peace Autumn
• The Peace Convention at Brussels
• The Peace of Europe
• Pennsylvania Hall (1838)
• The Pennsylvania Pilgrim (1872)
• Pentucket (1838)
• Pictures
• The Pipes at Lucknow
• The Poor Voter on Election Day
• The Prayer of Agassiz
• The Prayer-Seeker
• The Preacher
• The Pressed Gentian
• The Prisoner for Debt (1835)
• The Prisoners of Naples
• The Problem
• The Proclamation
• Proem
• The Prophecy of Samuel Sewall
• The Pumpkin

Q

• The Quaker of the Olden Time (1838)
• The Quakers are Out
• Question of Life

R

• "The Rock" in El Ghor
• Rabbi Ishmael
• Randolph of Roanoke
• The Ranger
• Raphael
• Red Riding-hood
• The Red River Voyageur
• The Reformer
• The Relic (1839)
• "A Remarkable Man" in Littell's Living Age, 115 (1489)
• Remembrance
• The Rendition
• The Reward
• Requirement
• Requital
• Response
• Revelation
• Ritner (1837)
• The River Path
• The Robin
• The Rock-Tomb of Bradore
• To Ronge

S

• A Sabbath Scene
• Saint Gregory's Guest (1886)
• St. John
• St. Martin's Summer
• A Sea Dream
• Seed-Time and Harvest
• The Seeking of the Waterfall
• The Sentence of John L. Brown
• The Shadow and the Light
• The Ship-Builders
• The Shoemakers
• The Sisters
• "Skipper Ireson's Ride" in The Atlantic Monthly, 1 (2) (December, 1857)
• The Slave-Ships (1834)
• The Slaves of Martinique
• Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl (1866)
• A Song for the Time
• A Song, Inscribed to the Fremont Clubs
• Song of Slaves in the Desert
• Song of the Negro Boatmen
• Songs of Labor (1850 collection)
• Stanzas for the Times (1835)
• The Star of Bethlehem (1830)
• Storm on Lake Asquam
• "The Story of Karin"
• The "Story of Ida"
• Summer by the Lakeside
• A Summer Pilgrimage
• A Summons (1836)
• The Summons
• Sunset on the Bearcamp
• The Swan Song of Parson Avery
• Sweet Fern
• The Sycamores

T

• Tauler
• "The Telegraph" in The Atlantic Monthly, 2 (5) (October, 1858)
• Telling the Bees
• Texas
• The Three Bells
• Thy Will Be Done
• To ----. On Receiving His "Few Verses for a Few Friends" (Printed, Not Published) (1840)
• To a Souther Statesman
• To Delaware
• To Englishmen
• To My Sister
• To Pennsylvania
• To Pius IX
• To Samuel E. Sewall and Harriet W. Sewall, of Melrose
• To the Memory of Thomas Shipley (1836)
• To the Reformers of England
• To the Thirty-ninth Congress
• To William H. Seward
• To William Lloyd Garrison (1832)
• Toussaint L'Ouverture (1833)
• The Trailing Arbutus
• Trinitas
• The Truce of Piscataqua
• Trust
• The Two Angels
• The Two Elizabeths
• The Two Loves
• The Two Rabbins

U

• Utterance

V

• Valuation
• "The Vanishers" in The Atlantic Monthly, 14 (86) (December, 1864)
• The Vaudois Teacher (1830)
• Vesta
• The Vision of Echard (1878)
• The Voices
• Voyage of the Jettie

W

• The Waiting
• The Watchers
• A Welcome to Lowell
• The Well of Loch Maree
• What of the Day?
• What the Birds Said
• What the Traveller Said at Sunset
• What the Voice Said
• "The Wife" in The Atlantic Monthly, 21 (123) (January, 1868)
• The Wife of Manoah to Her Husband
• William Penn
• The Wish of To-day
• The Wishing Bridge
• The Witch of Wenham
• A Woman
• The Wood Giant
• A Word for the Hour
• The Word
• The World's Convention (1839)
• Worship
• The Worship of Nature

Y

• The Yankee Girl (1835)
• Yorktown

Works by date

1825

• The Exile's Departure
• The Deity
• The Vale of the Merrimac
• Benevolence

1827

• Ocean

1828

• The Sicilian Vespers
• The Earthquake
• The Song of the Vermonters

1829

• The Spirit of the North
• Judith at the Tent of Holofernes
• Metacom
• The Drunkard to his Bottle
• The Past and Coming Year

1830

• The Fair Quakeress
• Bolivar
• The Vaudois Teacher
• The Star of Bethlehem
• The Frost Spirit

1831

• Isabella of Austria
• The Fratricide
• The Cities of the Plain

1832

• Isabel
• Stanzas: "Bind up thy tresses"
• To William Lloyd Garrison
• To a Poetical Trio in the City of Gotham

1833

• The Female Martyr
• The Missionary
• The Call of the Christian
• Extract from "A New England Legend"
• Toussaint L'Ouverture

1834

• Mogg Megone
• The Crucifixion
• Hymn: "O Thou whose presence went before"
• The Slave-Ships
• To the Memory of Charles B. Storrs
• Expostulation
• A Lament

1835

• The Demon of the Study
• The Yankee Girl
• The Hunters of Men
• Stanzas for the Times
• The Prisoner for Debt

1836

• A Day
• Clerical Oppressors
• A Summons
• To the Memory of Thomas Shipley
• The Moral Warfare

1837

• Massachusetts
• The Fountain
• Palestine
• Hymns from the French of Lamartine
• Hymn: "O Holy Father! Just and True"
• Ritner
• The Pastoral Letter
• Lines on the Death of S. Oliver Torrey

1838

• Pentucket
• The Familist's Hymn
• Pennsylvania Hall
• Album Verses
• The Farewell of a Virginia Slave Mother
• The Quaker of the Olden Time

1839

• The New Year
• The Relic
• The World's Convention

1840

• To ----, with a Copy of Woolman's Journal

New poems

• Personal Poems (Collection)
  • A Lament (1834)
  • To the Memory of Charles B. Storrs
  • Lines on the Death of S. Oliver Torrey (1837)
  • To ----, with a Copy of Woolman's Journal
  • Leggett's Monument
  • To a Friend, on Her Return from Europe
  • Lucy Hooper
  • Follen
  • To J. P.
  • Chalkley Hall
  • Gone
  • To Ronge
  • Channing
  • To My Friend on the Death of His Sister
  • Daniel Wheeler
  • To Fredrika Bremer
  • To Avis Keene
  • The Hill-Top
  • Elliott
  • Ichabod
  • The Lost Occasion
  • Wordsworth
  • To ---- Lines Written After a Summer Day's Excursion
  • In Peace
  • Benedicite
  • Kossuth
  • To My Old Schoolmaster
  • The Cross
  • The Hero
  • Rantoul
  • William Forster
  • To Charles Sumner
  • Burns
  • To George B. Cheever
  • To James T. Fields
  • The Memory of Burns
  • In Remembrance of Joseph Sturger
  • Brown of Ossawatomie
  • Naples
  • A Memorial
  • Bryant on His Birthday
  • Thomas Starr King
  • Lines on a Fly-Leaf
  • George L. Stearns
  • Garibaldi
  • To Lydia Maria Child
  • The Singer
  • How Mary Grew
  • Sumner
  • Thiers
  • Fitz-Greene Halleck
  • William Francis Bartlett
  • Bayard Taylor
  • Our Autocrat
  • Within the Gate
  • In Memory: James T. Fields
  • Wilson
  • The Poet and the Children
  • A Welcome to Lowell
  • An Artist of the Beautiful
  • Mulford
  • To a Cape Ann Schooner
  • Samuel J. Tilden

• Occasional Poems (Collection)
  • Eva
  • A Lay of Old Time
  • A Song of Harvest
  • Kenoza Lake
  • For an Autumn Festival
  • The Quaker Alumni
  • Our River
  • Revisited
  • "The Laurels"
  • June on the Merrimac
  • Hymn for the Opening of Thomas Starr King's House of Worship
  • Hymn for the House of Worship at Georgetown, Erected in Memory of a Mother
  • A Spiritual Manifestation
  • Chicago
  • Kinsman
  • The Golden Wedding of Longwood
  • Hymn for the Opening of Plymouth Church, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Lexington
  • The Library
  • "I Was a Stranger, and Ye Took Me in"
  • Centennial Hymn
  • At School-Close
  • Hymn of the Children
  • The Landmarks
  • Garden
  • A Greeting
  • Godspeed
  • Winter Roses
  • The Reunion
  • Norumbega Hall
  • The Bartholdi Statue
  • One of the Signers

• The Tent on the Beach (1867 collection)
  • Prelude
  • The Tent on the Beach
  • The Wreck of Rivermouth
  • The Grave by the Lake
  • The Brother of Mercy
  • The Changeling
  • The Maids of Attitash
  • Kallundborg Church
  • The Cable Hymn
  • The Dead Ship of Harpswell
  • The Palatine
  • Abraham Davenport
  • The Worship of Nature

• At Sundown (1890 collection)
  • 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
  • Haverhill. 1640-1890
  • To G. G.
  • Preston Powers, Inscription for Bass-Relief
  • Lydia H. Sigourney, Inscription on Tablet
  • Milton, on Memorial Window
  • The Birthday Wreath
  • The Wind of March
  • Between the Gates
  • The Last Eve of Summer
  • To Oliver Wendell Holmes, 8th Mo. 29th, 1892

Works about Whittier

• A Fable for Critics (1848) by James Russell Lowell
• "For Whittier's Seventieth Birthday" (1877) by Oliver Wendell Holmes
• "To Whittier on his Seventy-Fifth Birthday" (1882) by James Russell Lowell
• "Ad Vigilem" (1887) by Edmund Clarence Stedman
• "Whittier" (1913), a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "Whittier, John Greenleaf," by Edmund Clarence Stedman in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Whittier", by Edmund Clarence Stedman from Genius, and other essays (1911; piece excerpted from Encyclopædia Britannica: Tenth and "Whittier, John Greenleaf," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911))
• "Whittier, John Greenleaf," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)