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Whittier, John G. [For still the unseen spirit walks...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.262.02 Author/Creator: Whittier, John G. Place Written: Danvers, Massachusetts Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 2 September 1879 Pagination: 1 p. 18.7 x 12.1 cm Order a Copy

Whittier writes a poem: "For still the unseen spirit walks/ The garden of the heart, and talks/ With man, as under Eden's trees,/ In all his varied languages."

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Child, Maria, fl. 1879
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

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