A collection of poems by the respected New England poet of the 19th century. He was a Quaker who opposed slavery and other injustices in his writing. The title poem Snow-Bound had its origins as Whittier s attempt to recreate his farm boyhood and to memorialize now-dead family members like his mother and sister Elizabeth. Other poems in this volume include: The Quaker of the Olden Time Sunset on the Bear Camp The Tent on the Beach Ichabod A Sea-Dream etc. As the voice of the New England villager and farmer prior to industrialization his work portrays an important period in American history.