John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to a Quaker family. Though he received limited formal education, he was an avid reader who developed a passion for poetry after being introduced to the works of Scottish poet Robert Burns. Perhaps the opening words of one of the two poems below will be familiar to you. T…
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