“Home Ballads” in 1860, “National Lyrics” in 1865. After the war, his most important publications included “Snow Bound” (1866), “Maud Muller” (1867), “Ballads of New England” (1869), “Miriam and Other Poems” (1871), “Mabel Martin” (1874), “Hazel Blossoms” (1875), “Poems of Nature” (1885), “St. Gregory’s Quest, and Recent Poems” (1886). His last collection, “At Sundown” (1890), was dedicated to E. C. Stedman, and closed with a valediction to Dr. Holmes. Many of Whittier’s poems were first published in magazines; “Maud Muller” appeared in _The National Era_, in 1854. Whittier’s personality was one of indescribable attractiveness. He was gentle, yet full of repressed fire, an ardent nature that had steadily submitted to the Christian spirit of self-control. He had the inward beauty that springs from generous impulses under the habitual guidance of principle and forethought. Toward his opponents he showed no rancour; he strove against parties, not individuals; and he commanded the respect of his adversaries. If he had a foible, it was his delight in playful teasing. He never visited a theatre or a circus in his life. He is described in his early manhood as “tall, slight, and very erect,” of a distinguished presence, yet bashful--but never awkward. His eye was brilliant and expressive. In maturity, his face in repose was almost stern, but a smile would light up his entire countenance. “His voice in reading was of a quality entirely different from that in conversation--much fuller and deeper.” In later years, “while retaining a lively interest in all literary and political matters and keeping abreast of current events, he dwelt most intently ... upon the great spiritual and eternal realities of God. By the open fire in the evening he would talk for hours upon sacred themes, ever grateful for the rich blessings of his life and looking with reverent curiosity towards the future.... There was not the shadow of a doubt in his mind concerning the immortality of the soul.” He died after a stroke of paralysis, on September 7, 1892, and was buried at Amesbury.