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FayJones1966: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"
-John Greenleaf Whittier
beyourhome: As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth. - John Greenleaf Whittier
ag4ckt: QUOTE OF THE DAY
"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"
-John Greenleaf Whittier
supabucks: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"
-John Greenleaf Whittier
RyanNDanker: Alone, O Love ineffable,
thy saving name is given;
to turn aside from thee is hell,
to walk with thee is heaven.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
LowellNPS: “To a population like that of Lowell, the weekly respite from monotonous in-door toil, afforded by the first day of the week, is particularly grateful.” In 1845, John Greenleaf Whittier wrote The Stranger in Lowell, an account of his visit to the Spindle City.
MelanieJaxn: "The Fates are just: they give us but our own; Nemesis ripens what our hands have sown." ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
Louisesegismar: For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been.’” — John Greenleaf Whittier
jerrymiahJCS: “Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier
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MaxColeArt: “Drop Thy still dews of quietness
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace...
O still small voice of calm!”
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
LowElsielow: When faith is lost,
when honor dies,
the man is dead.
John Greenleaf Whittier
ManateeMaxCom: "Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew." - John Greenleaf Whittier
ancapquotes: "Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew." - John Greenleaf Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
ShepherdDhlami6: Take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of Thy peace.
John Greenleaf Whittier
rajiasup: Green calm below, Blue quietness above.
-John Greenleaf Whittier
(Photo courtesy: Kanpur evenings)
DarrelHofland: Take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of Thy peace.
John Greenleaf Whittier
beyourhome: As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth. - John Greenleaf Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 19. For all sad words of tongue and pen/ the saddest are those 'It might have been.' [John Greenleaf Whittier]
alirazaabbass: "Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew." ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
ABBYinFLA: “For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these;
It might have been.”
— John Greenleaf Whittier
SarcasmLiving: For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, "It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
DrGarcinia: 'Who never climbs as rarely falls.' - John Greenleaf Whittier
_leeseril: "For of all sad words of tongue & pen, the saddest are these -- 'It might have been." - John Greenleaf Whittier
hollywithanly: "But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help is He;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee."
- John Greenleaf Whittier, "The Master," 1866.
AGReed: 3 of 5 stars to The Story of John Greenleaf Whittier by Francis E. Cooke
hymnquote: All things are Thine, no gift have we, Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee. And hence with grateful hearts today Thine own before Thy feet we lay. (John Greenleaf Whittier)
DelightingInGod: The steps of faith fall on the seeming void,
And find the rock beneath.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
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xgosia_mx: “Green calm below, blue quietness above.” – John Greenleaf Whittier
goodnews_cado: Marked as to-read: Maud Muller - Pamphlet by John Greenleaf Whittier
3coma14: Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, for rich repiner and household drudge! God pity them both! and pity us all, who vainly the dreams of youth recall; for of all sad words of tongue or pen,the saddest are these: It might have been! John Greenleaf Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
RobynMMcGee: Check out JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER: Friend & Defender of Freedom by Fredrika S. Smith 1948
MelanieJaxn: There is religion in everything around us, - a calm and holy religion in the unbreathing things of Nature, which man would do well to imitate. -John Greenleaf Whittier
RoxyIsabelle_: As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
-John Greenleaf Whittier
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NEHIST: In the midst of the Ipswich Fright, a young man "mounted his horse and followed after the retreating multitude, undeceiving all whom he overtook," wrote John Greenleaf Whittier.
larryseaman: ATSBK clip: Poet John Greenleaf Whittier - short biography
jewelsfrazier68: The tissue of life to be
We weave with colors all our own,
And in the field of destiny
We reap what we have sown.
~John Greenleaf-Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
Spill_Words: In-School Days
By John Greenleaf Whittier
Still sits the school-house by the road,
A ragged beggar sleeping;
Around it still the sumachs grow,
And blackberry-vines are creeping.
Within, the master's desk is seen,
izjenaaa: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: It might have been!"
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Christy24317358: We faintly hear, we dimly see,
In differing phrase we pray;
But dim or clear, we own in Him
The life, the truth, the way.
-John Greenleaf Whittier
RobynMMcGee: Check out JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER: Friend & Defender of Freedom by Fredrika S. Smith 1948
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
beyourhome: As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth. - John Greenleaf Whittier
mindsetnmastery: “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
― John Greenleaf Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 19. For all sad words of tongue and pen/ the saddest are those 'It might have been.' [John Greenleaf Whittier]
AngeloBCollie: “Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these,
'It might have been.'”
― John Greenleaf Whittier, "Maud Muller"
RobynMMcGee: Check out JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER: Friend & Defender of Freedom by Fredrika S. Smith 1948
watcher0077: the silver tint on the clouds of doubt and you can never tell how close you are,it may be near when it seems far.
so stick to the fight when you're hardest hit it's when things go wrong that must not quit"
-JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
FictionsofHaiti: *Heinrich von Kleist, The Betrothal in Saint-Domingue (1811)
*Alphonse de Lamartine, Toussaint Louverture, Dramatic Poem (1850)
*Karl Spindler, The Haitian Groom: A Humorous Tale (1830)
*John Greenleaf Whittier, Toussaint L’Ouverture (1833)
NEHIST: John Greenleaf Whittier wrote that a rumor about British regulars coming to massacre the town caused the Ipswich Fright -- "a scene of indescribable terror and confusion.”
anglicanreader: Drop thy still dews of quietness, till all our strivings cease; take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace. Breathe through the heats of our desire. O still, small voice of calm.
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92)
NEHIST: John Greenleaf Whittier described the Great Ipswich Fright as “the way in which the woof of comedy interweaves with the warp of tragedy.”
mariaanamia05: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. "
• John Greenleaf Whittier
NEHIST: The rather ignominious show of fear might have been forgotten, save for John Greenleaf Whittier. He immortalized the Ipswich Fright in 1866.
Christy24317358: We faintly hear, we dimly see,
In a differing phrase, we pray;
But dim or clear, we own in Him
The life, the truth, the way.
~John Greenleaf Whittier
MaxColeArt: “Drop Thy still dews of quietness
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace...
O still small voice of calm!”
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
Solisinthesky0: For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. "
John Greenleaf Whittier
satyamm59589: You never can tell just how close you are,
it may be near when it seems so far....
~John Greenleaf Whittier
StrayCurrents: Herewith a musical embodiment of "...drop thy still dews of quietness..." (John Greenleaf Whittier). The visual narrative may be a little mystifying, but the music is celestial.
quot3bot: "Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew." ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
wigwam: For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
Maud Muller, by John Greenleaf Whittier
StuntMommy: No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear; But, grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here.
~John Greenleaf Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
wussypizard: The most famous person from Haverhill MA is Rob Zombie, NOT John Greenleaf Whittier. Kiss my ass, nerds
chikuwa100q_bot: 19. For all sad words of tongue and pen/ the saddest are those 'It might have been.' [John Greenleaf Whittier]
xbangsatt: Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.
-John Greenleaf Whittier, Maud Muller - Pamphlet
missabbyyyiiiie: “Green calm below, blue quietness above.” – John Greenleaf Whittier
MelanieJaxn: “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
― John Greenleaf Whittier
stopintime2: The Poetical Works Of John Greenleaf Whittier Household Editio by StopinTime
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
tonybarnack: “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.” - John Greenleaf Whittier
Pam00018: "No longer forward or behind I look in hope or fear, But grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here." ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
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my1studycentre: "Breathe through the pulses of desire Thy coolness and Thy balm; .."
(John Greenleaf Whittier)
SalesPartTime: Inspirational & Relaxing poem|| Read and Relax|| by John Greenleaf Whittier
CaravaggioGhost: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!' " - John Greenleaf Whittier | Maud Muller
Bumblebpete: So let it be in God’s own might We gird us for the coming fight, And, strong in him whose cause is ours, In conflict with unholy powers, We grasp the weapons he has given, The light and truth and love of heaven.
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
aristo__plato: For all sad words of tongue and penThe saddest are these'It might have been'. - John Greenleaf Whittier - sad unelated
xbangsatt: Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.
-John Greenleaf Whittier, Maud Muller - Pamphlet
MelittaCampbell: "It's when things go wrong that you must not quit!" John Greenleaf Whittier
EyauukArt: It's no use trying to sum people up. One must follow, not exactly what is said, nor entirely what is done. - John Greenleaf Whittier
itsempathi: “So all night long the storm roared on:
The morning broke without a sun;
In tiny [spherule] traced with lines
Of Nature’s geometric signs”
― John Greenleaf Whittier, "Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier"
LinktoEXPERT: Peace hath higher tests of manhood. Than battle ever knew ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
AVYAANNA: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. "
John Greenleaf Whittier
Rahamoh44: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. "
• John Greenleaf Whittier
ShahzadkhanUmar: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. "
• John Greenleaf Whittier
ishikocreative: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. "
• John Greenleaf Whittier
SassouZarrouki: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. "
John Greenleaf Whittier
chikuwa100q_bot: 99. You don't always win/ your battles, but it's good to know you fought. [John Greenleaf Whittier]
snow_babes: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. "
• John Greenleaf Whittier
