Quote by: John Greenleaf Whittier

God pity them and God pity us all who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For the saddest words of mouth or pen are these four words,'it might have been.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn Greenleaf Whittier
  • DescriptionAmerican Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery
  • BornDecember 17, 1807
  • DiedSeptember 7, 1892
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet