John G Whittier a Biographical Sketch
John G Whittier a Biographical Sketch
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In manners meek, in precepts mild, Tliou and thj' friends serenely taught The savage huntsman, fierce and wild, To raise to heaven his erring thought.
We are more concerned, however, with Whittier's first 'puhlished poem, the identity of which is beyond donbt. It was entitled "The Deity, " and was written when Whittier was nineteen ; strange to say its appearance in the poetical corner of the Newburyport "Free Press" was wholly unlocked for by the author. His elder sister Mary, who seems to hav...e understood her brother, and to have taken a pride in his abilities, had sent off the verses to that journal, and the first knowledge that Whittier had of it was the postman's handing him the paper containing his piece while he was mending a stone fence.
A few days after, when hoeing in a corn- field, Whittier was summoned by messenger to the house to see a stranger who desired to speak with him. This was no other than Wil- liam Lloyd Garrison, who was only three years THE TOTING IDEA. 49 Whittier's senior, and the editor of the " Free Press, " Struck with the merit of "Whittier's poem, and learning that it was the work of a mere lad, he had been sufficiently interested to drive over and seek out the would-be poet.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In manners meek, in precepts mild, Tliou and thj' friends serenely taught The savage huntsman, fierce and wild, To raise to heaven his erring thought.
We are more concerned, however, with Whittier's first 'puhlished poem, the identity of which is beyond donbt. It was entitled "The Deity, " and was written when Whittier was nineteen ; strange to say its appearance in the poetical corner of the Newburyport "Free Press" was wholly unlocked for by the author. His elder sister Mary, who seems to hav...e understood her brother, and to have taken a pride in his abilities, had sent off the verses to that journal, and the first knowledge that Whittier had of it was the postman's handing him the paper containing his piece while he was mending a stone fence.
A few days after, when hoeing in a corn- field, Whittier was summoned by messenger to the house to see a stranger who desired to speak with him. This was no other than Wil- liam Lloyd Garrison, who was only three years THE TOTING IDEA. 49 Whittier's senior, and the editor of the " Free Press, " Struck with the merit of "Whittier's poem, and learning that it was the work of a mere lad, he had been sufficiently interested to drive over and seek out the would-be poet.
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