Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellowwas an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, and was one of the five Fireside Poets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 February 1807
CityPortland, ME
CountryUnited States of America
brotherhood may love-one-another
If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us, whatever mischances may happen.
children spring flower
The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.
christmas song strong
And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth he sleep! The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men!
inspirational motivational perseverance
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
color sea waves-breaking
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
stars night light
There is no light in earth or heaven but the cold light of stars; and the first watch of night is given to the red planet Mars.
sunday together golden
Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.
memorial-day memories flower
Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.
loyalty lying eye
Ne speaketh not; and yet there lies a conversation in his eyes.
greatness men cities
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
world glorious god-within-us
Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us.
inspirational success perseverance
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
success congratulations literature
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
adversity light unbroken
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.