30. Compare this opinion of his own work with Lowell's comments in "A Fable for Critics." How do they agree?
32. For Whittier's opinion of Milton see also "Raphael," I. 7 0, and " Burns," 1. 104.
33. Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678): an English statesman, poet, and satirist, friend of Milton.
THE FROST SPIRIT
Whittier has an intense love and appreciation of winter. With this poem may be read "Snow Bound," the last stanzas of "Flowers in Winter," and "Lumbermen." Many others may be added to this list. Do you find this same idea in other poets?
11. Hecla: a volcano in Iceland which has had 28 known eruptions—one as late as 1878. It rises 5100 feet above the sea and has a bare irregular-shaped cone. Its appearance is extremely wild and desolate.
SONGS OF LABOR. DEDICATION
8. The o'er-sunned bloom.... In this collection of poems are a few written in his youth, the more mature works of the "summer" of his life, and the later works of his old age. The figure here is carefully carried through and gives a clear, simplified picture of his literary life.
22. Whittier himself noted that he was indebted for this line to Emerson's "Rhodora"
26-3b. Compare Longfellow's "The Day is Done" for another idea of the influence of poetry.