The Chapel of the Hermits and Other Poems (Hardcover)

1853. A collection of verse from Whittier, American Quaker poet and reformer. He was a pioneer in the development of regional literature as well as being a crusader for many humanitarian causes. He was a self-declared abolitionist. Contents: The Chapel of the Hermits; Questions of Life; The Prisoners of Naples; The Peace of Europe-1852; Wordsworth; To-; In Peace; Benedicite; Pictures; Derne; Astraea; Invocation; The Cross; Eva; To Fredrika Bremer; April; Stanzas for the Times-1850; A Sabbath Scene; The Californian at the Grave of His Wife; Remembrance; The Poor Voter on Election Day; Trust; Kathleen; First-Day Thoughts; Kossuth; and To My Old School-Master. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.