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John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes about Lying

For still in mutual sufferance lies The secret of true living; Love scarce is love that never knows The sweetness of forgiving.

For still in mutual sufferance lies The secret of true living; Love scarce is love that never knows The sweetness of forgiving.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.331

Swan flocks of lilies shoreward lying, In sweetness, not in music, dying.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.306

Beneath the winter's snow lie germs of summer flowers.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.109

The Beauty which old Greece or RomeSung, painted, wrought, lies close at home.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.162