I recently ran across an autumn poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, one of America’s 19th-century “Fireside Poets.” He’s unfortunately neglected today, in part because literary critics have ...

At the Lawrence community read, Amita Kiley, collections manager at the Lawrence History Center, read a John Greenleaf Whittier poem, “Don’t Quit,” including the following lines ...

John Greenleaf Whittier wrote a poem, “Burial of Barber,” which was first published in The National Era magazine in 1856. Fanatical abolitionist John Brown later cited Barber’s death as a ...

When given at the College, especially in the last century, the LL.D. covered far more than civil and canon law, as shown by John Greenleaf Whittier's recipience of this degree. The citations on ...

and John Greenleaf Whittier. Have each group prepare an oral presentation for the class that includes (a) a brief biography of their assigned poet and (b) a reading of one of his or her best-known ...

Each Election Day, I am reminded of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier. As an abolitionist, he must have understood the irony of his poem “The Poor Voter on Election Day” written in 1852 when ...

she concluded in her letter. McCormack voiced concern that the developers on the Alpha Beta project will impact the upcoming Greenleaf Promenade project, which will remove dozens of trees from Uptown ...

Major milestones are taking place for Haverhill Public School students with integration of modular classrooms at John Greenleaf Whittier School and steel reaching its peak at the new Dr. Albert B.

As part of the Open Studio and More event across the city, the Whittier Home is presenting a “Whittier Home Poem-a-thon” on Sunday, Nov. 10, from noon to ...

Robert Browning was present. Matthew Arnold gave the address at the unveiling and the inscription, including lines by John Greenleaf Whittier, reads: To the glory of God and in memory of the immortal ...

Wassily Kandinsky 25. "Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast."- John Greenleaf Whittier 26. "The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master."- Sophie Swetchine 27 ...

Thanksgiving poems full of gratitude Thanksgiving often inspires us to get a little poetic. Thinking and speaking about the ...