The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4., Occasional Poems, I.

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Personal Poems Occasional Poems The tent on the Beach At sundown Poems by Elizabeth H. Whittier Appendix Index of first lines Index of Titles

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A lay of old time. A song of Harvest. Kenoza Lake . For an Autumn Festival. The Quaker Alumni. Our River. Revisited. The laurels. June on the Merrimac . Hymn Hymn A Spiritual Manifestation. Chicago . Kinsman . The golden Wedding of Longwood . Hymn Lexington . The Library. I was A stranger, and ye took me in. Centennial Hymn . I. Ii. Iii. Iv. V. Vi. At School-close. Hymn of the children. The Landmarks. I. II . Garden. A greeting. Godspeed. Winter roses. The Reunion. Norumbega Hall . The Bartholdi Statue. One of the Signers .

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our fathers' God! from out whose hand
     The centuries fall like grains of sand, [206]
We meet to-day, united, free,
     And loyal to our land and Thee,
To thank Thee for the era done,
     And trust Thee for the opening one.

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

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