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TO THE POET WHITTIER, ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: FROM THIS FAR REALM OF PINES I WAFT THEE NOW
Last Line: SHINES THE UNSULLIED AUREOLE OF A CHILD.
Subject(s): WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF (1807-1892);

FROM this far realm of pines I waft thee now
A brother's greeting, Poet, tried and true;
So thick the laurels on thy reverend brow,
We scarce can see the white locks glimmering through!

O pure of thought! Earnest in heart as pen,
The tests of time have left thee undefiled;
And o'er the snows of threescore years and ten
Shines the unsullied aureole of a child.



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