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The low green tent Whose curtain never outward swings.
John Greenleaf Whittier
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Age: 84 †
Born: 1807
Born: December 17
Died: 1892
Died: September 7
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and silent chorus leads To the pervading symphony of Peace.
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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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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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No longer forward or behind I look in hope or fear, But grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here.
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Thee lift me, and I lift thee, and together we ascend.
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Few have borne unconsciously the spell of loveliness.
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God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over all shall love endure.
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Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant.
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I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
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I dimly guess, from blessings known, of greater out of sight.
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In kindly showers and sunshine bud The branches of the dull gray wood Out from its sunned and sheltered nooks The blue eye of the violet looks.
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Better heresy of doctrine than heresy of heart.
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We shape ourselves the joy or fear Of which the coming life is made, And fill our Future's atmosphere With sunshine or with shade.
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Who fathoms the Eternal Thought? Who talks of scheme and plan? The Lord is God! He needeth not The poor device of man.
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And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
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Bathsheba! to whom none ever said scat- No worthier cat Ever sat on a mat, Or caught a rat. Requiescat!
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It is well for us if we have learned to listen to the sweet persuasion of the Beatitudes, but there are crises in all lives which require also the emphatic Thou shalt not of the decalogue which the founders wrote on the gateposts of their commonwealth.
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And peace unweaponed conquers every wrong!
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Simple duty hath no place for fear.
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Despair is infidelity and death.
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