The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The River Path [from the Independent, July 19]

Whittier, John G. "The River Path [from the Independent, July 19]." New-York Saturday Press, July 21, 1860, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The speaker looks beholds a river with rolling hills beyond it. He thinks of the lost loved ones while fixing his stare at the river, but suddenly the light shines upon the hills in the distance and his faith is renewed.