About John Greenleaf Whittier:
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, Whittier was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!
John Greenleaf WhittierOf all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.
John Greenleaf WhittierThe tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.
John Greenleaf WhittierFrom the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.
John Greenleaf Whittier