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A poem by John Greenleaf Whittier |
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The Library |
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Title: The Library Author: John Greenleaf Whittier [More Titles by Whittier] Sung at the opening of the Haverhill Library, November 11, 1875. "Let there be light!" God spake of old, Faint was the light at first that shone Age after age, like waves, o'erran On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll, Then dead souls woke; the thoughts of men And here, to-day, the dead look down, Here Greek and Roman find themselves As if some Pantheon's marbles broke [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |