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Print shows Maud Muller, John Greenleaf Whittier's heroine in the poem of the same name, leaning on her hay rake, gazing into the distance. Behind her, an ox cart, and in the distance, the village "Maud Muller" is a poem from 1856 written by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). It is about a beautiful maid named Maud Muller.
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
"The Song of the Vermonters, 1779" Also known as "The Green Mountaineer" is a poem by the American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) about the U.S. state of Vermont during its years of independence (1777–1791), sometimes called the Vermont Republic.
Pages in category "Poetry and hymns by John Greenleaf Whittier" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl is a long narrative poem by American poet John Greenleaf Whittier first published in 1866. The poem, presented as a series of stories told by a family amid a snowstorm, was extremely successful and popular in its time.
Cornelius Conway Felton, a Greek professor at Harvard College, was personally moved by the poem.As he wrote in a letter to Whittier dated June 26, 1856, "The sensations and memories it called up were delicious as a shower in summer afternoon; and I forgot the intervening years, forgot Latin and Greek — forgot boots and shoes and long-tailed and broad-tailed coats — and revelled again in ...
After her death, John Greenleaf Whittier composed a poem for her memorial tablet: ... Boston: America Company, 1902 (available at Internet Archive). Haight, Gordon S.
Pages in category "1902 poems" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * 1902 in poetry; L.