John Greenleaf Whittier Fall Quotations

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.

Behind the cloud the starlight lurks, Through showers the sunbeams fall; For God, who loveth all his works, Has left his Hope with all.

Nothing before, nothing behind; The steps of faith Fall on the seeming void, and find The Rock beneath.

Once more the liberal year laughs out O'er richer stores than gems or gold: Once more with harvest song and shout Is nature's boldest triumph told.

Rap, rap! upon the well-worn stone, How falls the polished hammer! Rap, rap! the measured sound has grown A quick and merry clamor. Now shape the sole! now deftly curl The glassy vamp around it, And bless the while the bright-eyed girl Whose gentle fingers bound it!

Let the thick curtain fall;I better know than allHow little I have gained,How vast the unattained.

The tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.

Who never wins can rarely lose, Who never climbs as rarely falls