The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier: Complete in Two Volumes, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1862 |
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... Since He , whose name we breathe with awe , The coarse mechanic vesture wore , - A poor man toiling with the poor , In labor , as in prayer , fulfilling the same law SONGS OF LABOR . THE SHIP - BUILDERS . THE DEDICATION .
... Since He , whose name we breathe with awe , The coarse mechanic vesture wore , - A poor man toiling with the poor , In labor , as in prayer , fulfilling the same law SONGS OF LABOR . THE SHIP - BUILDERS . THE DEDICATION .
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... prayer , And still thy white - winged angels hover dimly in our air ! FORGIVENESS . My heart was heavy , for its trust had been Abused , its kindness answered with foul wrong ; So , turning gloomily from my fellow - men , One summer ...
... prayer , And still thy white - winged angels hover dimly in our air ! FORGIVENESS . My heart was heavy , for its trust had been Abused , its kindness answered with foul wrong ; So , turning gloomily from my fellow - men , One summer ...
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... prayer ; Pale wizard priests , o'er occult symbols droning , Swung their white censers in the burdened air : As if the pomp of rituals , and the savor Of gums and spices could the Unseen One please ; As if his ear could bend , with ...
... prayer ; Pale wizard priests , o'er occult symbols droning , Swung their white censers in the burdened air : As if the pomp of rituals , and the savor Of gums and spices could the Unseen One please ; As if his ear could bend , with ...
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... prayer . Not such the service the benignant Father Requireth at his earthly children's hands : Not the poor offering of vain rites , but rather The simple duty man from man demands . For Earth he asks it : the full joy of Heaven Knoweth ...
... prayer . Not such the service the benignant Father Requireth at his earthly children's hands : Not the poor offering of vain rites , but rather The simple duty man from man demands . For Earth he asks it : the full joy of Heaven Knoweth ...
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... prayer , which my mouth is too full to express , Swells my heart that thy shadow may never be less ; That the days of thy lot may be lengthened below , And the fame of thy worth like a pumpkin - vine grow , And thy life be as sweet ...
... prayer , which my mouth is too full to express , Swells my heart that thy shadow may never be less ; That the days of thy lot may be lengthened below , And the fame of thy worth like a pumpkin - vine grow , And thy life be as sweet ...
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