Trust by John Greenleaf Whittier
The same old baffling questions! O my friend, I cannot answer them. In vain I send My soul into the dark, where never bu …
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John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings as well as his book Snow-Bound.
The same old baffling questions! O my friend, I cannot answer them. In vain I send My soul into the dark, where never bu …
At morn I prayed, “I fain would see How Three are One, and One is Three; Read the dark riddle unto me.”I wandered forth, …
Dead Petra in her hill-tomb sleeps, Her stones of emptiness remain; Around her sculptured mystery sweeps The lonely wast …
“For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever! “–PAUL.Above, below, in sky and sod, …
Lieutenant Herndon’s Report of the Exploration of the Amazon has a striking description of the peculiar and melancholy n …
“And I sought, whence is Evil: I set before the eye of my spirit the whole creation; whatsoever we see therein,–sea, ear …