“ "I'm sorry that I spell'd the word I hate to go above you Because" - the brown eyes lower fell - "Because you see I love you!" John Greenleaf Whittier
“ Of all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest are these: It might have been. John Greenleaf Whittier
“ Through the dark and stormy night Faith beholds a feeble light Up the blackness streaking Knowing God's own time is best In a patient hope I rest For the full day-breaking! John Greenleaf Whittier
“ We search the world for truth we cull The good the pure the beautiful From all old flower fields of the soul And weary seekers of the best We come back laden from our quest To find that all th… John Greenleaf Whittier
“ Yet in the maddening maze of things And tossed by storm and flood To one fixed trust my spirit clings I know that God is good! John Greenleaf Whittier
“ Methinks I see the sunset light flooding the river valley, the western hills stretching to the horizon, overhung with trees gorgeous and glowing with the tints of autumn -- a mighty flower garden blos… John Greenleaf Whittier
“ So all night long the storm roared on:The morning broke without a sun;In tiny spherule traced with linesOf Nature’s geometric signs,In starry flake, and pellicle,All day the hoary meteor fell;And, whe… John Greenleaf Whittier
