Home » Famous Poets » Famous Poems »John Greenleaf Whittier Poems

John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier Photo

Biography | All Poems | Best Poems | Short Poems | Quotes

An American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.. American poet

Poems are below...

Top 5 Poems

1	Snowbound: A Winter Idyl
2	Burning Drift-Wood
3	Ichabod!
4	The Norsemen (From Narrative and Legendary Poems )
5	The Pumpkin

All Poems

A Word for the Hour

Barbara Frietchie

Burning Drift-Wood

Flowers in Winter

From Snow-Bound 11:1-40 116-154

Immortal love forever full

Kallundborg Church ( From The Tent on the Beach)

Massachusetts To Virginia

Randolph Of Roanoke

Skipper Iresons Ride

Snowbound: A Winter Idyl

Stanzas for the Times

Telling the Bees

The Barefoot Boy

The Changeling ( From The Tent on the Beach )

The Eternal Goodness

The Frost Spirit

The Norsemen (From Narrative and Legendary Poems )

The Pipes At Lucknow

The Worship of Nature

What the Birds Said

Articles

Articles about John Greenleaf Whittier or articles that mention John Greenleaf Whittier.

The Timeless Allure of Snow in Poetry: A Deep Look at 10 Classic Winter Poems

John Bunyan and Pilgrim's Progress

The Life and Poetry of Andrew Marvell

A Short Biographical Sketch of JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1807 to 1892)

Poetry: An Interpreter of Life

Poetry, Music, and Painting: An Interpreter of Life

Quotes

Here are a few random quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier.

See also: All John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes

Quote Left And the song she was singing ever since In my ear sounds on:—...
Go to Quote / Comment

Quote Left Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew.
Go to Quote / Comment

Quote Left Yet here at least an earnest sense Of human right and weal is shown;...
Go to Quote / Comment

Quote Left For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, "It might have been!"
Go to Quote / Comment

Quote Left These Flemish pictures of old days; Sit with me by the homestead hearth,...
Go to Quote / Comment

Random Community Comment

Quote Left PoetrySoup is a home for the homeless that have no place to go when it comes to poetry writing. Thank you. God bless in expanding this website for a promising tomorrow-place for straving artist to become rich in hope & desires.

Comment By: M. H.

Get a Premium Membership

Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a Premium Membership.

Book: Diverse Voices: The Poetry of Human Rights and the Pursuit of Peace