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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHITTIER, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography First Line: Not o'er thy dust let there be spent Last Line: Deep in the hearts and minds of men. Subject(s): Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) | |||
NOT o'er thy dust let there be spent The gush of maudlin sentiment; Such drift as that is not for thee, Whose life and deeds and songs agree, Sublime in their simplicity. Nor shall the sorrowing tear be shed. O singer sweet, thou art not dead! In spite of time's malignant chill, With living fire thy songs shall thrill, And men shall say, "He liveth still!" Great poets never die, for Earth Doth count their lives of too great worth To lose them from her treasured store; So shalt thou live for evermore -- Though far thy form from mortal ken -- Deep in the hearts and minds of men. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS THE GREEK'S SIGNAL FLAME by WALT WHITMAN WHITE MAGIC: AN ODE by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER by PHOEBE CARY TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE SNOW-MESSENGERS by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE TO THE POET WHITTIER, ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE TO WHITTIER by JOSEPHINE DEPHINE HENDERSON HEARD FOR WHITTIER'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES IN MEMORY OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES ERE SLEEP COMES DOWN TO SOOTHE THE WEARY EYES by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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