Jacksonville Public Library

Selected poems, John Greenleaf Whittier ; Brenda Wineapple, editor

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184) and index

index present

non fiction

Selected poems

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John Greenleaf Whittier ; Brenda Wineapple, editor

American poets project

A devout Quaker who became a passionate poetic spokesman for the antislavery movement, John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92) was one of the most beloved American poets of his era. In the years before the Civil War, he campaigned tirelessly against slavery in poems that include "Ichabod, " his famous denunciation of Daniel Webster for his support of the Fugitive Slave Law. In the long poem "Snow-Bound" (1866) he created a warm and enthralling portrait of rural life, while such works as "Barbara Frietchie" and "The Barefoot Boy" have been enduringly popular. This new selection brings together Whittier's many aspects--political, religious, richly descriptive--and reaffirms the emotional honesty and depth of his work

Toussaint L'Ouverture -- The demon of the study -- The hunters of men -- The farewell -- Massachusetts to Virginia -- Song of slaves in the desert -- The huskers -- Proem -- Lines on the Portrait of a celebrated publisher -- Ichabod! -- A Sabbath scene -- The haschish -- Moloch in State Street -- First-day thoughts -- The Kansas emigrants -- Maud Muller -- The fruit-gift -- The barefoot boy -- Letter -- Skipper Ireson's ride -- The last walk in autum -- The Garrison of Cape Ann -- Telling the bees -- My playmate -- The river path -- "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" -- The waiting -- Barbara Frietchie -- The vanishers -- What the birds said -- Laus Deo -- The eternal goodness -- Snow-bound -- from The tent on the beach -- from Among the hills: prelude -- The hive at Gettysburg -- In school days -- The brewing of soma -- The pressed gentian -- The witch of Wenham -- The henchman -- At last -- Sweet fern -- Burning driftwood -- To Oliver Wendell Holmes