Short Name: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
Full Name: | Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 |
Birth Year: | 1807 |
Death Year: | 1892 |
Whittier, John Greenleaf, the American Quaker poet, was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, Dec. 17, 1807. He began life as a farm-boy and shoemaker, and subsequently became a successful journalist, editor and poet. In 1828 he became editor of the American Manufacturer (Boston), in 1830 of the New England Review, and an 1836 (on becoming Secretary to the American Anti-Slavery Society) of the Pennsylvania Freeman. He was also for some time, beginning with 1847, the corresponding editor of the National Era. In 1840 he removed to Amesbury, Massachusetts, where most of his later works have been written. At the present time [1890] he lives alternately at Amesbury and Boston. His first poetical piece was printed in the Newburyport Free Press in 1824. Since then his publications have been numerous, including:—
Voices of Freedom, 1833; Songs of Labour, and other Poems, 1850; Ballads and other Poems, London, 1844; The Panorama, and other Poems, 1856; In War Time, 1863; Occasional Poems, 1865; Poetical Works, 1869; Complete Poetical Works, 1876; The Bay of the Seven Islands, and other Poems, 1883, &c.
From his numerous poems the following hymns have been compiled, and have come into common use, more especially amongst the American Unitarians:—
1. All as God wills, Who wisely heeds. Trust. This begins with stanza xi. of Whittier's poem, "My Psalm." in his workThe Panorama, and other Poems, 1856 (Complete Poetical Works, Boston, 1876, p. 179), and is given in Lyra Sacra Americana , 1868; Border's Congregational Hymns, 1884, &c.
2. All things are Thine: no gift have we. Opening of a Place of Worship. Written for the Opening of Plymouth Church, Minnesota, 1872 ( Complete Poetical Works , p. 281). In Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884.
3. Another hand is beckoning us. Bereavement. From his poem " Gone," written in 1845 (Complete Poetical Works, p. 106). In Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884.
4. Dear Lord and Father of mankind. Calmness in God desired. From his poem “The Brewing of Soma," beginning with stanza xii. (Complete Poetical Works p. 266). In Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884.
5. God giveth quietness at last. Death and Burial. This begins with stanza xvii. of his poem, “The Singer," written in 1871 (Author's MS.), and included in the Complete Poetical Works, 1876, p. 265. In Martineau's Hymns, 1875.
6. Hast thou, 'midst life's empty noises. The Purpose of Life. Written in 1842. It is in Longfellow and Johnson's Unitarian Book of Hymns, Boston, 1846, and several other later American collections. Also in Lyra Sacra Americana, 1864.
7. I ask not now for gold to gild. Resignation. From his poem "The Wish of To-Day." Written in 1848 (Author's MS.). In Hedge and Huntingdon's Unitarian Hymns for the Church of Christ, Boston, 1853; the Laudes Domini, 1884, and other collections.
8. Immortal love, for ever full. The Love of Jesus. This poem, entitled “Our Master," appeared in Whittier's work, The Panorama, and other Poems, 1856, in 35 stanzas of 4 lines; in Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1869-70, p. 117; and in the Complete Poetical Works, 1876, p. 231, and others. From this poem the following centos have come into common use:—
(1) Immortal love for ever full. In the 1890 edition of the Hymnal Companion and others.
(2) 0 Lord and Master of us all. Begins with stanza xvi.
(3) 0 Love! O Life! our faith and sight. Begins with stanza xxiv. In several American hymnals, including the Unitarian Hymn [and Tune Book ], Boston, 1868, and others.
(4) Our Friend, our Brother, and our Lord. Begins with stanza xxxiv. In Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, &c.
(5) We faintly hear, we dimly see. Begins with stanza xxvi. In Barrett's Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887.
(6) We may not climb the heavenly steeps. Begins with stanza v. In Laudes Domini, 1884; the Primitive Methodist Hymnal, 1887, &c.
The use of these centos shows that the hymnic element in the original poem is of a high and enduring order.
9. It may not be our lot to wield. Duty and its Reward. This begins with stanza iv. of his poem "Seedtime and Harvest." Written circa 1850 (Author's MS.). Given in his Complete Poetical Works, p. 114. The hymn is in Laudes Domini, 1884, and other American collections.
10. May freedom speed onward, wherever the blood. Freedom. In the 1848 Supplement to the Boston Book of Hymns, Boston, No. 582, Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, and other collections. In Whittier's Poetical Works, Boston, 1869, p. 68, it is given as, “Right onward, O speed it! Wherever the blood”.
11. Now is the seed-time; God alone. Self-Sacrifice. In the Boston Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, No. 683.
12. 0 backward-looking son of time. New and Old. This begins with stanza xix. of his poem "The Reformer," and is given in this form in the Boston Hymns for the Church of Christ, Boston, 1853, No. 835, and again in later collections. In full in the Complete Poetical Works, p. 78.
13. 0 beauty, old yet ever new. The Law of Love. This in the Boston Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, begins with stanza xxi. of his poem on “The Shadow and the Light,” given in full in the Complete Poetical Works , p. 173.
14. 0 fairest-born of love and light. American National Hymn. This is from his poem "Democracy," which is dated "Election Day, 1843," and is in his Ballads and other Poems, London, 1844, p. 214, and his Complete Poetical Works, p. 82.
15. 0, he whom Jesus loves has truly spoken. True Worship. This in the 1848 Supplement to the Boston Book of Hymns, 1848, No. 578, begins with stanza xi. of his poem on “Worship," given in full in his Complete Poetical Works, p. 96. The poem is dated by the Author, 1848 (Author's MS.).
16. 0 holy Father, just and true. Freedom. "Lines written for the Celebration of the third Anniversary of British Emancipation at the Broadway Tabernacle, N. Y., First of August, 1837." (Complete Poetical Works, p. 47.) It was included in the Unitarian Christian Hymns, Boston, 1844, and has been repeated in later collections.
17. 0 Maker of the Fruits and Flowers. Flower Services. This begins with stanza iv. of his "Lines for the Agricultural and Horticultural Exhibition at Amesbury and Salisbury, Sep. 28, 1858," as given in his Complete Poetical Works , p. 183. It is in the Boston Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, and as "O Painter of the fruits and flowers," in Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884.
18. O not alone with outward sign. Divine Invitation. This begins with stanza ii. of his poem, "The Call of the Christian," given in his Ballads and other Poems, London, 1844, p. 185, and his Complete Poetical Works, p. 73. The hymn appeared in the Boston Book of Hymns, 1846, and again in later collections.
19. O pure Reformers, not in vain. Freedom. This begins with stanza xii. of his poem "To the Reformers of England," as given in his Complete Poetical Works, p. 77. The hymn was included in the Boston Book of Hymns, 1846, and has been repeated in later collections.
20. O sometimes gleams upon our sight. Old and New. This is taken from his poem "The Chapel of the Hermits," 1852 (in 94 stanzas of 4 lines), and begins with stanza xi. (Comp. Poetical Works, p. 115.) The cento was given in the Boston Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, and repeated in later collections.
21. O Thou, at Whose rebuke the grave. Mercy. This was given in the Boston Book of Hymns, 1848, No. 44l.
22. O [God] Thou, Whose presence went before. National Hymn. This hymn is dated by the author 1834 (Author's MS.), and was written for the Anti-slavery Meeting at Chatham Street Chapel, New York, "on the 4th of the 7th month, 1831." It is No. 750 in the Unitarian Christian Hymns, 1844. It is sometimes given as “0 God, whose presence went before."
23. 0, what though our feet may not tread where Christ trod. Presence of Christ's Spirit. The author dates this 1837 (Author's MS.). It is No. 150 in the Boston Book of Hymns, 1846. In their Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, No. 652, it begins: "0, wherefore the dream of the earthly abode." Both centos are from his poem “Poledom."
24. Shall we grow weary in our watch? Patience, or Resignation. This begins with stanza x. of his poem "The Cypress-Tree of Ceylon." (Complete Poetical Works, p. 84.) This form of the text was given in the Boston Book of Hymns, 1846, No. 278, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and again in Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, in 3 stanzas.
25. Sport of the changeful multitude. Persecution. This begins with line 6 of stanza x. of his poem "Ezekiel," and was given in the Boston Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, No. 65lines In full in Complete Poetical Works, p. 67.
26. The green earth sends its incense up. Worship of Nature. The author dates this 1845 (Author's MS.). It is from his poem “The Worship of Nature," and was given in this form in the Boston Hymns for the Church of Christ, 1853, No. 193. The cento "The harp at Nature's advent strung," in the Unitarian Hymn [and Tune] Book, Boston, 1868, No. 195, is from the same poem. The cento No. 321 in the Boston Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, is also (altered) from this poem.
27. The path of life we walk today. The Shadowing Rock. This in the Boston Hys. of the Spirit, 1864, begins with stanza i. of his poem on "The Rock in El Gh'or," which the author dates 1859 (Author's MS.). In full in Complete Poetical Works, p. 180.
28. Thine are all the gifts, 0 God. Children's Missions, or Ragged Schools. Written for the Anniversary of the Children's Mission, Boston, 1878. It is given in Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884.
29. Thou hast fallen in thine armour. Death. From his poem "To the memory of Charles B. Storrs, late President of Western Reserve College," published in his Ballads and other Poems, London, 1844, p. 84. Dated by the author 1835 (Author's MS.). Abridged form in the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864.
30. To-day, beneath Thy chastening eye. Seeking Rest. This begins with stanza iv. of his poem, "The Wish of To-Day," dated by the author 1847 (Author's MS.), and given in full in his Complete Poetical Works, p. 114. The cento is in Martineau's Hymns, 1873, and others.
31. We see not, know not; all our way. Resignation. "Written at the opening of the Civil War, 1861" (Author's MS.), and included in his In War Time, 1863, and his Complete Poetical Works, p. 190. In full in the Prim. Methodist Hymnal, 1887.
32. When on my day of life the night is falling. Old Age. Written in 1882 (Author's MS.), and included in his work The Bay of the Seven Islands, and other Poems, 1883. In Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884.
33. With silence only as their benediction. Death. 1845. "Written on the death of Sophia Sturge, sister of Joseph Sturge, of Birmingham, England" (Author's MS.). It is in several collections, including Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873; Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, and others.
Notwithstanding this extensive use of portions of Mr. Whittier's poems as hymns for congregational use, he modestly says concerning himself: "I am really not a hymn-writer, for the good reason that I know nothing of music. Only a very few of my pieces were written for singing. A good hymn is the best use to which poetry can be devoted, but I do not claim that I have succeeded in composing one." (Author's MS.) We must add, however, that these pieces are characterized by rich poetic beauty, sweet tenderness, and deep sympathy with human kind.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Whittier, J. G, p. 1277, i. In addition to the large number of this author's hymns already annotated from his own manuscript, the following have also come into use, mainly in the form of centos from his poems, during the past ten years:—
i. From Poems, 1850:—
1. O brother man! Fold to thy heart thy brother. [Brotherly Love.] From his poem, “Worship." Written in 1848, and published in Poems, 1850.
ii. From Songs of Labour, and Other Poems, 1850;—
2. Bowed down in lowliness of min. [Resignation.] From the poem “The Wish of To-day."
iii. From The Chapel of the Hermits, and Other Poems, 1853:—
3. O, sometimes glimpses on our sight. [Light in Darkness.] First published in The National Era, 1851, and again as above, 1853. In The Pilgrim Hymnal, N.Y. 1904, it begins " 0 sometimes gleams upon our sight," and in Hymns of the Ages, 1904, "Yet sometimes glimpses on my sight"; see p. 1277, ii. 20.
iv. From The Panorama, and Other Poems, 1856:—
4. Thou, 0 most compassionate. [Divine Compassion.] This cento is from the poem "My Dream," and is dated 1855.
v. From Home Ballads and Poems, 1860:—
5. I mourn no more my vanished years. [Life's Review.] A cento from "My Psalm," dated 1859, opening with st. i.
6. No longer forward nor behind. This begins with st. iii. of "My Psalm."
7. O hearts of love, O souls that turn. [Life from, Christ.] A cento from the poem, "The Overheart."
8. O Love Divine, Whose constant beam. [Divine Love Universal.] From the poem, "The Shadow and the Light." The form in which it is given in The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904, first appeared in The Independent, Nov. 1860.
9. Once more the liberal year laughs out. [Autumn.] From his "For an Autumn Festival," 1859.
vi. From In War Time, and Other Poems, 1864:—
10. I can only urge the plea. [Cry for Mercy.] A cento from “Andrew Rykman’s Prayer,” dated 1863.
11. What Thou wilt, O Father, give. Also from “Andrew Kykman's Prayer."
vii. From The Tent on the Beach, and Other Poems, 1867:—
12. I bow my forehead to [in] the dust. St. ix., &c.
13. I know not what the future hath. St. xvi., &c.
14. I long for household voices gone. St. xv., &c.
15. I see the wrong that round me lies. St. x., &c.
16. Who fathoms the Eternal Thought. St. iv., &c.
17. Yet, in the maddening maze of things. St. xi., &c.
These centos are taken from the poem, "The Eternal Goodness," which is dated 1865.
viii. From Among the Hills, and Other Poems, 1869:—
18. For ever round the mercy-seat. [God's Love and Man's Unfaithfulness.] From the poem, “The Answer."
ix. From The Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and Other Poems, 1873:—
19. Best for the weary hands is good. [Daily Renewal.] This is from "My Birthday," which appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, 1871, and again as above, 1873.
x. From Hazel Blossoms, 1875:—
20. All things [gifts] are Thine, p. 1277, i. 2. The church for which this was written, in 1873, was Plymouth Church, St. Paul, Minn. The hymn was included in Hazel Blossoms, 1875.
21. We need love's tender lessons taught. [Love.] From Child-Songs," in Hazel Blossoms, opening with st. ix.
xi. From The Bay of the Seven Islands, 1883:—
22. As from the lighted hearths behind me. [Anticipation of the Future.] This begins with st. iii. of the poem, "What the Traveller said at Sunset."
xii. Additional Notes:—
23. Lord, for the things we see. [Public Gatherings.] This hymn is from "Poledom," 1837.
24. Not always as the whirlwind's rush. [Call to the Ministry.] Published in The Poetical Writings, 1857, Vol. i., p. 254, and again in the Oxford edition of his Poetical Works, 1904, p. 455. It is dated 1833.
25. Sound over all waters, [The Coming Kingdom.)
This, in Horder's Worship Song, 1905, is from Whittier's Complete Poetical Works, Boston, 1876, p. 280, where it is dated 1873.
26. Take courage, Temperance workers. [Temperance.] Mr. Pickard, Whittier's literary executor, cannot trace this hymn in any of the author's writings, and we also are at fault.
27. The harp at Nature's advent strung. [Nature's acknowledgement of God.] Dr. Charles L. Noyes, one of the editors of The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904, writes us concerning this hymn: "It was first published in its present form [as in the American hymn-books] in 1867 in The Tent on the Beach." But a hymn almost identical was written when Whittier was in his teens, and published in the Haverhill Gazette, October 5, 1827. The same poem appeared in The Palladium, 1829. It was revised for The Tent on the Beach, 1867 (p. 1278, i. 26).
28. We see not, know not; all our way, p. 1278, i. 31. This hymn, written in 1861, first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, 1862, vol. 10, p. 235.
29. Wherever through the ages rise. [Love is universal.] Opens with line 1 of a section in the poem "Miriam," in Miriam, and Other Poems, 1871, p. 13.
30. Who calls Thy glorious service hard? [Duty.] This begins with st. iii. of his poem "Seedtime and Harvest," noted on p. 1277, ii. 9.
31. O Lord and Father of mankind. This is a slightly altered form of "Dear Lord and Father of mankind." p. 1277, i. 4.
The poem, “Our Master," stated on p. 1277, i., No. 8, as having appeared in The Panorama, 1856, in error, was given in The Tent on the Beach, and Other Poems, Boston, 1867, pp. 143-152.
In compiling the foregoing, we have been materially assisted by Mr. Pickard, the poet's literary executor, and the Rev. Dr. Charles L. Noyes, of Somerville, Mass. Whittier died at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, Sep. 7, 1892.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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See also in:
Texts by John Greenleaf Whittier (190) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Grant us, Lord, the grace of giving | John G. Whittier, 1807-1892 (Author) | English | 1 |
My dear Redeemer and my Lord | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 1 |
O Jesus Christ, Koda wakaŋ | John G. Whittier (Author) | Dakota | 1 |
O wherefore the dream of the earthly abode | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 1 | |
Sport of the changeful multitude | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 1 | |
The summer days are come again | J. G. W. (Author (stanzas 4, 5)) | English | 1 |
Wake sisters wake! The daystar shines | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 1 | |
Wanikiya, Nitacaŋku | John G. Whittier (Author) | Dakota | 1 |
Where, in my name, meet two or three | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 1 |
A picture memory brings to me | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
A tender child of summers three | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
All through the long bright days in June | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
Am’ eterna, infinita | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Esperanto | 2 |
Ayat ti Dios di mabubus | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Tagalog | 2 |
Beneath the moonlight and the snow | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Bland as the morning breath of June | J. G. Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
Bowed down in lowliness of mind | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Christ is his own best evidence | J. G. Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
Drop thy still dews of quietness | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Father! to thy suff'ring poor | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Forever ours, for good or ill | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
From the eternal shadow | J. G. Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
God called the nearest Angels who dwell with Him above | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Happy he whose inward ear | J. G. Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
He stood of old, the holy Christ | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
I trace your lines of argument | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
I walk with bare, hushed feet the ground | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
In calm and cool and silence once again | John G. Whittier (Arranged from) | 2 | |
Just God, and shall we calmly rest | J. G. Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
Know, where our duty's task is wrought | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Let every creature hail the morn | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
Like a lion growling low | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Lo que me trae el porvenir | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Lord, for the things we see | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Lord, here amidst the poor and blind | John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 (Author) | 2 | |
My thoughts are all in yonder town | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
O Dios Apo ken Amami | John G. Whittler (Author) | Tagalog | 2 |
O hearts of love! O souls that turn | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
O Lord our God, in time to be | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
¡Oh Padre nuestro celestial | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Our cause shall on and upward go | Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Pardonne, ô Dieu les vain tourments | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | French | 2 |
Que sábio é de Deus o querer | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Portuguese | 2 |
Subid a los montes, alzad la canción | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Te dedicamos, oh Señor | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
The fourteen centuries fall away | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
The green earth sends its incense up | Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
The night is the mother of the day | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
The west winds blow and singing low | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Thine is a grief, the depth of which another | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Thou hast fallen in thine armor | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Thou, O Most Compassionate! | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Through the harsh noises of our day | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Trust not in man, with passing breath | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Upon our pathway, wild and rugged | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 2 | |
வருங்காலம் எவ்வாராகும் (Varuṅkālam evvārākum) | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Tamil | 2 |
What matter though we seek with pain | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 2 |
Wohl mag es unser Loos nicht sein | J. G. Whittier (Author) | German | 2 |
A dreary place would be this earth | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
As from the lighted hearths behind me | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Build up an altar to the Lord | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
Father of all - we urge as our strong plea | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
Forever round the mercy-seat | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
Gott unsrer Väter, dessen Hand Jahrhundert streut, wie Körnlein Sand | J. G. Whittier (Author) | German | 3 |
Grown wiser for the lesson given | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Have ye heard of our hunting | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
He loathed the false, yet lived | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
He who has the truth, and keeps it | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
¡Hermano, ven y piensa en tu hermano! | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
I feel the heart of silence | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
In simple trust like theirs who heard | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
Is this the land our fathers loved | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Ka Haku, ka Makua E | John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 (Author) | Hawaiian | 3 |
Know well, my soul, God's hand controls | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
No bird-song floated down the hill | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
Not empty worship the benignant | John G. Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
O blessed Spirit in us all | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
O lonely bay of Trinity | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
O none in all the world before | John G. Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
O such' ihn nicht in Himmels-höh'n | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | German | 3 |
O thou who in the garden's shade | Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
O'er us to the southland heading | John G. Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Our fellow countrymen in chains | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Rest for the weary hands is good | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
Ring, O bells | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Shall we, who sit beneath that tree | John G. Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Steep, and hung with clouds of strife | John G. Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
The airs of heaven blow o'er me | John G. Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
The doubts we vainly seek to solve | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
Thou hast seen two streamlets gushing | John G. Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Thy task may well seem overhard | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Today, O God, amidst our flowers | John G. Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Up, up, in nobler toil than ours | John G. Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
We cross the prairie as of old | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
We faintly hear, we dimly see | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
While day by day our loved one | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 3 |
With peace that comes | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 3 | |
Arouse, New England sons, arouse | Whittier (Author) | 4 | |
Children of God, reach out to one another! | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 4 | |
Here we, today, amidst our flowers | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 4 |
Hom-frato, amu kore fraton vian! | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Esperanto | 4 |
I dimly guess from blessings known | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 4 |
Let man be free, the mighty word | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 4 |
Oh amor, divino e inmortal | John G. Whittier, 1807-1892 (Author) | Spanish | 4 |
O friends, with whom my feet have trod | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 4 |
O sabbath rest of Galilee | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 4 |
Perdona, oh Dios, la división | John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 (Author) | Spanish | 4 |
Sunlight upon Judea's hills | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 4 |
The southland hath its fields of cane | Whittier (Author) | 4 | |
Thou God, who hast since time began | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 4 |
When freedom, on her natal day | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 4 | |
When, from each temple of the free | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 4 | |
Who counts his brother's welfare | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 4 |
Not always as the whirlwind's rush | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 5 |
¡Oh Padre de la humanidad! Escucha nuestra voz | John Greenleaf Whittier, 1897-1892 (Author) | Spanish | 5 |
O strong, upwelling prayers of faith | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 5 | |
So stood of old the holy Christ | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 5 |
Sweeter than any song, my songs that found no tongue | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 5 |
The path of life we walk today | John G. Whittier (Author) | 5 | |
The wrong that pains my soul below | Whittier (Author) | English | 5 |
We feel the heart of silence | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 5 |
What is it that the crowd requite | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 5 |
The snow plumed angel of the north | John G. Whittier (Author) | 6 | |
I mourn no more my vanished years | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 7 |
I pray for faith, I long for trust | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 7 |
O backward looking son of time | J. G. Whittier (Author) | 7 | |
¡Oh Padre de la humanidad, Pedimos tu perdón | John G. Whittier (Author) | Spanish | 7 |
Today, beneath Thy chastening eye | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 7 |
Yet sometimes glimpses on my sight | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | 7 | |
As over his furrowed fields which lie | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 8 |
O sometimes comes to soul and sense | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 8 |
O what though our feet may not tread | John G. Whittier (Author) | 8 | |
We shape ourselves the joy or fear | Whittier (Author) | English | 8 |
Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | Latin | 9 |
Who calls Thy glorious service hard? | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 9 |
We need love's tender lessons taught | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 10 |
May freedom speed onward, wherever the blood | Whittier (Author) | 11 | |
Our Friend, our Brother, and our Lord | J. G. Whittier, 1808- (Author) | English | 11 |
Unto the calmly gathered thought | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 11 |
O thou, at whose rebuke the grave | Whittier (Author) | 12 | |
Blow, winds of God, awake and blow | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 13 |
Now is the seed time, God alone | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 13 |
God giveth quietness at last | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 14 |
He cometh not a king to reign | Whittier (Author) | English | 14 |
To weary hearts, to mourning homes | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 14 |
Forgive, O Lord, our severing ways | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 15 |
Take courage, temperance workers | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 15 |
Wherever through the ages rise | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 15 |
Blest land of Judea, thrice hallowed in [of] song | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 16 |
No longer forward or behind | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 16 |
O Fairest born of Love and Light | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 18 |
O maker [painter] of the fruits and flowers | Whittier (Author) | English | 18 |
The ocean looketh up to heaven | Whittier (Author) | English | 18 |
We see not, know not, all our way | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 18 |
Within the maddening maze of things | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 18 |
I long for household voices gone | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 19 |
I see the wrong that round me lies | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 19 |
O Holy Father, just and true | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 20 |
Shall we grow weary in our watch | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 20 |
Who fathoms the eternal thought | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 21 |
O not alone with outward sign | Whittier (Author) | English | 22 |
Sound over all waters, reach out from all lands | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 26 |
Thy grace impart, in time to be | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 26 |
Our thought of thee is glad with hope | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 27 |
Our fathers' God, from out whose hand | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 29 |
Hast thou, midst life's empty noises | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 30 |
O pure reformers, not in vain | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 30 |
With silence only as their benediction | Whittier (Author) | English | 30 |
O Thou whose presence went before | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 31 |
O he whom Jesus loved has truly spoken | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 32 |
Thine are all the gifts, O God | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 37 |
Once more the liberal year laughs out | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 42 |
I ask not now for gold to gild | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 43 |
O love divine, whose constant beam | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 46 |
It may not be our lot to wield | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 49 |
What Thou wilt, O Father, give | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 53 |
I know not what the future hath | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 54 |
The harp at nature's advent strung | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 64 |
Another hand is beckoning us | Whittier (Author) | English | 69 |
O love, O Life, our faith and sight | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 69 |
All as God wills, who wisely heeds | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 72 |
O Lord, and Master of us all | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 76 |
When on my day of life the night is falling | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 94 |
I bow my forehead to the dust | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 96 |
O, sometimes gleams upon our sight | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 104 |
All things are Thine; no gift have we | J. G. Whittier (Author) | English | 108 |
O [Come] brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 191 |
We may not climb the heavenly steeps | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 336 |
Immortal Love, for ever full | John G. Whittier (Author) | English | 364 |
Dear Lord and Father of mankind | John Greenleaf Whittier (Author) | English | 643 |