The

John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)



Weary of jangling noises never stilled,
The skeptic's sneer, the bigot's hate, the din
Of clashing texts, the webs of creed men spin
Round simple truth, the children grown who build
With gilded cards their new Jerusalem,
Busy, with sacerdotal tailorings
And tinsel gauds, bedizening holy things,
I turn, with glad and grateful heart, from them
To the sweet story of the Florentine
Immortal in her blameless maidenhood,
Beautiful as God's angels and as good;
Feeling that life, even now, may be divine
With love no wrong can ever change to hate,
No sin make less than all-compassionate!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABBACDDEFAGHIJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 580
Words 100
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

John Greenleaf Whittier

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