On December 17, 1807, a baby boy was born to Quaker farmers in Massachusetts. His early life did not mirror those of some of the nation's great writers. He did not have the opportunity for years of formal schooling, but that did not hamper his love of learning. At nineteen he would see his first poem published. During his life he would become one of the most respected and well-known authors of the time. Today let's get to know John Greenleaf Whittier with a timeline worksheet quiz and a…

Whittier Home Museum Amesbury, Massachusetts

'Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all." - John Greenleaf Whittier - #JohnGreenleadWhittier #poem #poet #quotes

God is, and all is well. — Quote by John Greenleaf Whittier

Last week, I listened to Elisabeth Elliot’s Gateway to Joy series about aging. In one episode titled Being Part of the Permanent, she quoted a stanza of a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier. The…

Blessings on thee, little man,

Poet, Abolitionist. He is recognized as a 19th century American poet, who played an important role as a poet in the literary world, as a politician, and as a moral force. For financial reasons, he received little formal education as a young boy, attending less than a year at the Haverhill Academy, but was an avid...

“Of all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘it might have been.’” These words were penned by famous American author John Greenleaf Whittier who was born December 17, 1807. John Greenleaf Whittier was born to Quaker farmers in Massachusetts and grew up very differently than many of the authors of his...