If thou of fortune be bereft,
and in thy store there be but left
two loaves, sell one, and with the
dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

(C) John Greenleaf Whittier
03/28/2017


Best Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

• In School-days
• The Barefoot Boy
• The Corn Song
• My Namesake
• The Old Burying-ground
• Godspeed
• Astræa At The Capitol
• Telling The Bees
• The Witch Of Wenham
• The Last Walk In Autumn
• The Rock-tomb Of Bradore
• The Brewing Of Soma
• The Cross
• The Call Of The Christian
• To ------,
• Hymn Of The Dunkers
• Miriam
• Official Piety
• The Hive At Gettysburg
• Red Riding-hood
• The Prayer Of Agassiz