Drop Thy Still Dews of Quietness
With that deep hush subduing all
Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of thy call,
As noiseless let thy blessing fall
As fell thy manna down.... Read more.
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. Whittier founded the anti-slavery Liberty Party in 1840 and ran for Congress in 1842.
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