John Greenleaf Whittier

Maud Muller

Narrative poem about a young woman's encounter with a hay maker and fate

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

American Quaker poet and abolitionist whose Snow-Bound is a classic evocation of New England rural life. He was an important antislavery journalist before turning to poetry.

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