Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant. John Greenleaf Whittier More Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier More Quotes From John Greenleaf Whittier And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man. John Greenleaf Whittier gainstimemen For still the new transcends the old In signs and tokens manifold; Slaves rise up men; the olive waves, With roots deep set in battle graves! John Greenleaf Whittier battlerootsmen Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants at tree, is more than all. John Greenleaf Whittier gardenflowertree As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth. John Greenleaf Whittier greaterleadershipinspirational A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas! John Greenleaf Whittier christmascheeryears The smile of God is victory. John Greenleaf Whittier smilevictory What is really momentous and all-important with us is the present, by which the future is shaped and colored. John Greenleaf Whittier important What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past like the rich pumpkin pie? John Greenleaf Whittier thanksgivingeyefood With smoking axle hot with speed, with steeds of fire and steam, Wide-waked To-day leaves Yesterday behind him like a dream. Still, from the hurrying train of Life, fly backward far and fast The milestones of the fathers, the landmarks of the past. But human hearts remain unchanged: the sorrow and the sin, The loves and hopes and fears of old, are to our own akin; And if, in tales our fathers told, the songs our mothers sung, Tradition wears a snowy beard, Romance is always young. John Greenleaf Whittier motherdreamsong I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. John Greenleaf Whittier airislandslove One brave deed makes no hero. John Greenleaf Whittier militaryherosports Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well. John Greenleaf Whittier wellsbehindsgod Thee lift me, and I lift thee, and together we ascend. John Greenleaf Whittier liftstheetogether Every chain that spirits wear crumbles in the breadth of prayer. John Greenleaf Whittier chainsspiritprayer God fills the gaps of human need, Each crisis brings its word and deed. John Greenleaf Whittier gapsdeedsneeds The hope of all who suffer, The dread of all who wrong. John Greenleaf Whittier dreadsufferinghope Who fathoms the Eternal Thought? Who talks of scheme and plan? The Lord is God! He needeth not The poor device of man. John Greenleaf Whittier lordgodmen And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. John Greenleaf Whittier woodsnutshands O Time and change! - with hair as gray as was my sire's that winter day, how strange it seems, with so much gone of life and love, to still live on! John Greenleaf Whittier hairwinterlove 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, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder bent The blue walls of the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below,— A universe of sky and snow! John Greenleaf Whittier wallmorningnight
