Transcriber’s Note:
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JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
From a miniature by Porter about 1838
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
NOTE
The occasion for this little volume is the celebration of thecentenary of Whittier’s birth. The sketch of his life aimsto present the chief formative influences which affectedhis career and determined the character of his poetry.The poems have been chosen with the intention of illustrating,first, the circumstances of Whittier’s boyhoodand the themes to which his poetic imagination naturallyturned, then the political and social struggle which engrossedso many of his years, and finally that mood ofdevout resting and waiting in which his long life closed.
CONTENTS
| JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER: A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE | 1 |
| SELECTED POEMS | |
| THE BAREFOOT BOY (1855) | 37 |
| IN SCHOOL-DAYS (1870) | 40 |
| THE WHITTIER FAMILY. (FROM “SNOW-BOUND”) (1866) | 42 |
| MY PLAYMATE (1860) | 54 |
| TELLING THE BEES (1858) | 57 |
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