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Better heresy of doctrine than heresy of heart.
John Greenleaf Whittier
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Age: 84 †
Born: 1807
Born: December 17
Died: 1892
Died: September 7
Journalist
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Heresy
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Heart
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What airs outblown from ferny dells And clover-bloom and sweet brier smells.
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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 green earth sends her incense up. From many a mountain shrine From folded leaf and dewey cup She pours her sacred wine.
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The hope of all earnest souls must be realized.
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For 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!
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A charmed life old goodness hath the tares may perish, but the grain is not for death.
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Nature speaks in symbols and in signs.
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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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And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
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They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, that all of thee we loved and cherished has with thy summer roses perished and left, as its young beauty fled, an ashen memory in its stead.
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And I will trust that He who heeds The life that hides in mead and wold, Who hangs you alder's crimson beads, And stains these mosses green and gold, Will still, as He hath done, incline His gracious care to me and mine.
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Rest if you must, but never quit.
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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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Simple duty hath no place for fear.
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Falsehoods which we spurn today, were the truths of long ago.
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O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.
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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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Time is hastening on, and we What our fathers are shall be,-- Shadow-shapes of memory! Joined to that vast multitude Where the great are but the good.
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