A wonderful poet, indeed. I read a poem of his at my grandmother's burial.
"The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun."
My Psalm
John Greenleaf Whittier died #OTD in 1892. 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. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings, as well as his 1866 book Snow-Bound. via nostr:npub1kvnpp3m60derhwpqwc09zhk3ehk48tr6agc6dk9z2vggu9sga28qpxhm73
Books by John Whittier at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/455
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