The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4., Personal Poems, II.

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He brought us wonders of the new and old;
     We shared all climes with him. The Arab's tent
To him its story-telling secret lent.
     And, pleased, we listened to the tales he told.
His task, beguiled with songs that shall endure,
     In manly, honest thoroughness he wrought;
From humble home-lays to the heights of thought
     Slowly he climbed, but every step was sure.
How, with the generous pride that friendship hath,
     We, who so loved him, saw at last the crown
Of civic honor on his brows pressed down,
     Rejoiced, and knew not that the gift was death.
And now for him, whose praise in deafened ears
     Two nations speak, we answer but with tears!

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1888-89.

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