Like warp and woof all destinies John Greenleaf Whittier More Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier More Quotes From John Greenleaf Whittier Our toil is sweet with thankfulness, Our burden is our boon; The curse of earth's gray morning is The blessing of its noon. John Greenleaf Whittier blessing morning sweet Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds. John Greenleaf Whittier voice odds reason Around the mighty master came John Greenleaf Whittier miracle fame art What airs outblown from ferny dells And clover-bloom and sweet brier smells. John Greenleaf Whittier smell air sweet Rap, rap! upon the well-worn stone, How falls the polished hammer! Rap, rap! the measured sound has grown A quick and merry clamor. Now shape the sole! now deftly curl The glassy vamp around it, And bless the while the bright-eyed girl Whose gentle fingers bound it! John Greenleaf Whittier rap girl fall Green calm below, blue quietness above. John Greenleaf Whittier green sky blue 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 fighting strength strong And let these altars, wreathed with flowers And piled with fruits, awake again Thanksgivings for the golden hours, The early and the latter rain! John Greenleaf Whittier golden flower rain Thine to work as well as pray, Clearing thorny wrongs away; Plucking up the weeds of sin, Letting heaven's warm sunshine in. John Greenleaf Whittier sunshine weed work Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Re-clothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives thy service find, In deeper reverence praise John Greenleaf Whittier dear-lord forgiving father Sweeter than any sungMy songs that found no tongue;Nobler than any factMy wish that failed of act.Others shall sing the song,Others shall right the wrong,-Finish what I begin,And all I fail of win. John Greenleaf Whittier wish winning song Others may sing the song. Others may right the wrong. John Greenleaf Whittier may song Formed on the good old plan, A true and brave and downright honest man! He blew no trumpet in the market-place, Nor in the church with hypocritic face Supplied with cant the lack of Christian grace; Loathing pretence, he did with cheerful will What others talked of while their hands were still. John Greenleaf Whittier christian character men And light is mingled with the gloom, And joy with grief; Divinest compensations come, Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In sweet relief. John Greenleaf Whittier grief light sweet In kindly showers and sunshine bud The branches of the dull gray wood; Out from its sunned and sheltered nooks The blue eye of the violet looks. John Greenleaf Whittier sunshine eye blue The low green tent Whose curtain never outward swings. John Greenleaf Whittier swings tents green Falsehoods which we spurn today, were the truths of long ago. John Greenleaf Whittier long-ago today long Despair is infidelity and death. John Greenleaf Whittier infidelity despair The hope of all earnest souls must be realized. John Greenleaf Whittier earnest soul hope The Present, the Present is all thou hast John Greenleaf Whittier angel blessing giving
