. American lands and letters. pon him which was without its nepenthe ;twas when the benign womanly presence whichhad blessed his heart and his household was sweptaway, before his very eyes, and his unavailing strug-gles—in a cloud of fire and smoke—into darkness !A world of readers, far and near, shared inthat grief. And when the labors, whose pursuitmitigated and assuaged the great sorrow, weredone, and he, too, passed away, there were thou-sands, both in America and in England, who felt,with a sinking of the heart, that a good friendand a melodious singer had gone. Another Neio Englander. An
. American lands and letters. pon him which was without its nepenthe ;twas when the benign womanly presence whichhad blessed his heart and his household was sweptaway, before his very eyes, and his unavailing strug-gles—in a cloud of fire and smoke—into darkness !A world of readers, far and near, shared inthat grief. And when the labors, whose pursuitmitigated and assuaged the great sorrow, weredone, and he, too, passed away, there were thou-sands, both in America and in England, who felt,with a sinking of the heart, that a good friendand a melodious singer had gone. Another Neio Englander. Another, yet of a different strain and mould,was that poet* of Ma2(d 3fuIIer and many other * John G. Whittier, b. 1807; d. 1894. Legends of NewEngland (first book), 1831; Songs of Labor, 1850; Snow20 3o6 AMERICAN LANDS &^ LETTERS. unforgetable stories, who was born in that angle ofMassachusetts where the Merrimac, weary of itstoil among spindles, finds its way, near the oldtown of Newburyport, into the sea. The farm to. Whittiers Birthplace, East Haverhill, Mass. whose lands and labors he was heir, lay in thetown of Haverhill, along a pretty stream whichwas tributary to the Merrimac, and Avhicli he hasphotographed in lines that can never lose color : Boimd, 1866; Complete Works, 1888; Life, by Underwood,and fuller biography by S. T. Ilekard, 2 vols., 1894. WHITTIER. 307 Woodsy and wild and lonesomeThe swift stream wound away,Through birches and scarlet maples,Flashing in foam and spray. From the hills which he kuew iu his childhoodhe could see iu fair weather Agamenticus audMonadnock to the uorth, aud ou the east theglimmer of the oceau, from Salisbury beacli to therocks of Cape Auue. Whittier as a lad was tall, but uot over-stroug,with large eyes, deep set iu their orbits and full ofexpressiou. Those eyes uever ceased to challengeattention, and could of themselves question one ormake reply. His boyish experiences taught himof all farm labors ; he could milk the cows, or fel
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