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Publication date 1833 ( 1833 ) " 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 .
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 poem takes place in Whittier's childhood home, today known as the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead, which still stands in Haverhill, Massachusetts. [1] The poem chronicles a rural New England family as a snowstorm rages outside for three days. Stuck in their home for that period, the family members exchange stories by their roaring fire.
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.
The group is typically thought to include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., [2] who were the first American poets whose popularity rivaled that of British poets, both at home and abroad. Ralph Waldo Emerson is occasionally included in the group as ...
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 .
Whittier died in Amesbury, Massachusetts at the age of 48, on September 3, 1864. [10] She was remembered as "a lady of rare culture and fine poetic gifts". [11] John Greenleaf Whittier, "accustomed to submit to her all that he wrote", described to a friend how without Elizabeth's influence he could "hardly tell whether what I write is good for anything or not".
Longfellow refused to speak at antislavery rallies, though John Greenleaf Whittier attempted to get him to run as a candidate for an antislavery party for Congress. [10] Longfellow felt the apparent political nature of the Poems on Slavery was not something he wished to do again. [5]