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
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
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It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
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If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us, whatever mischances may happen.
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Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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The atmosphere breathes rest and comfort, and the many chambers seem full of welcomes.
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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.
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'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.
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Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.
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Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.
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Ne speaketh not; and yet there lies a conversation in his eyes.