John Greenleaf Whittier

Forgiveness (Whittier)

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John Greenleaf Whittier



LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Forgiveness by John Greenleaf Whittier. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 2, 2013.W…

Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl

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John Greenleaf Whittier



A 750-line idyllic poem about a snow-storm from the narrator's childhood. (Summary by Paul Tremblay)

A Mystery

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John Greenleaf Whittier



John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one …

The Frost Spirit

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John Greenleaf Whittier



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Frost Spirit by John Greenleaf Whittier. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Octo…

The Inner Life

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John Greenleaf Whittier



John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is …

A Christmas Carmen

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John Greenleaf Whittier



John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one …

Barbara Frietchie

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John Greenleaf Whittier



This was the weekly poem for Flag Day 2006. It tells the largely-apocryphal but nonetheless inspiring story of one old woman’s act of patrio…

The Wishing Bridge

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John Greenleaf Whittier



LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Wishing Bridge by John Greenleaf Whittier.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Jul…

Christmastide: Containing Four Famous Poems By Favorite American Poets

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell and John Greenleaf Whittier



Four poems by American Poets, including The River Path by John Greenleaf Whittier, Excelsior by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Rose by Jame…