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. 36. Compare Genesis 3: 17-19. 43-45. Compare Luke 2: 51-52. THE LUMBERMEN 33. Ambijejis: lake in central Maine. 35. Millnoket: a lake in central Maine. 39. Penobscot: one of the most beutiful of Maine rivers. It is about 300 miles long and flows through the central part of the state. 42. Katahdin: Mount Katahdin is 5385 feet in height and is usually snow-covered. BARCLAY of URY Barclay of Ury: David Barclay (1610-1686). Served under Gustavus Adolphus, was an officer in the Scotch army during Civil War. He bought the estate of Ury, near Aberdeen, in 1648. He was arrested after the Restoration and for a short time was confined to Edinburgh Castle, where he was converted to Quakerism by a fellow prisoner. His son, also a Quaker, heard of the imprisonment mentioned in this poem and attempted to rescue his father. During the years between this trouble in 1676 and his death in 1686, the persecution seems to have been directed largely against his son. (See Dictionary of National Biography for details.) Whinier naturally felt keenly on this subject, as he himself was a Quaker. 1. Aberdeen: capital of Aberdeenshire, and chief seaport in north of Scotland; fourth Scottish town in population, industry, and wealth. The buildings of Aberdeen College, founded in 1494, are the glory of Aberdeen. 7. churl: a rude, low-bred fellow. 10. carlin: a bluff, good-natured man. 35. Lutzen: a town in Saxony where the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Austrians, Nov. 16, 1632. 36. Gustavus Adolphus, "The Great" (1594-1632). He was one of the great Swedish kings, and was very prominent in the Thirty Years' War (1618- 1648). 56. Tilly: Johann Tserklaes, Count von Tilly, a German imperial commander in the Thirty Years' War. 57. Walloon: a people akin to the French, inhabiting Belgium and some districts of Prussia. They have great vivacity than the Flemish, and more endurance than the French. 66. Jewry: Judea. 76. reeve: a bailiff or overseer.