Unnoted as the setting of a star
He passed; and sect and party scarcely knew
When from their midst a sage and seer withdrew
To fitter audience, where the great dead are
In God's republic of the heart and mind,
Leaving no purer, nobler soul behind.

(C) John Greenleaf Whittier
03/13/2017


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