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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 1. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Narrative and legendary poems (search)
gift, “Yea, in God's name I take it, with a poor man's thanks,” he said. So down the street that, like a river of sand, Ran, white in sunshine, to the summer sea, He sought his home, singing and praising God; And when his neighbors in their careless way Spoke of the owner of the silken purse— A Wellfleet skipper, known in every port That the Cape opens in its sandy wall— He answered, with a wise smile, to himself: ‘I saw the angel where they see a man.’ 1870. The sisters. Annie and Rhoda, sisters twain, Woke in the night to the sound of rain, The rush of wind, the ramp and roar Of great waves climbing a rocky shore. Annie rose up in her bed-gown white, And looked out into the storm and night. ‘Hush, and hearken!’ she cried in fear, ‘Hearest thou nothing, sister dear?’ “I hear the sea, and the plash of rain, And roar of the northeast hurricane. “Get thee back to the bed so warm, No good comes of watching a storm. “What is it to thee, I fain would k