Down East Latch Strings/Gems of the Northland

by John Greenleaf Whittier

Gems of the Northland, never yet Were lakes in lovelier valleys setGlassing the granite and the pinesThat mark New Hampshire's mountain lines.And not less fair the winding waysOf Casco and Penobscot bays.They seek for happier shores in vainWho leave the summer isles of Maine!John G. Whittier Danvers⟨1st mo., 26, 1887⟩