John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes

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.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

Each crisis brings its word and deed.

sometimes it seems as if the universe wants to be noticed!!!

The harp at Nature's advent strung
Has never ceased to play;
The song the stars of morning sung
Has never died away.

No longer forward or behind
I look in hope or fear,
But grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here.

When faith is lost, when honor dies
The man is dead!

I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.

So, closing his heart, the Judge rode on, And Maud was left in the field alone. But the lawyers smiled that afternoon, When he hummed in court an old love-tune.

Yet sometimes glimpses on my sight,
Through present wrong the eternal right;
And, step by step, since time began,
I see the steady gain of man;

Low stir of leaves and dip of oars
And lapsing waves on quiet shores.

We seemed to see our flag unfurled,
Our champion waiting in his place
For the last battle of the world,
The Armageddon of the race.

Maud Muller, on a summer's day, Raked the meadows sweet with hay. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health.

Somehow not only for Christmas But all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to make you glad.

So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn
Which once he wore;
The glory from his gray hairs gone
For evermore!