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
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes about
noble deeds nobility
Be noble in every thought And in every deed!
beauty beautiful lovely
Beautiful in form and feature, lovely as the day, can there be so fair a creature formed of common clay?
guests mysterious tomorrow
Tomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest.
sculpture painting best-picture
The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture.
peace war clubs
Buried was the bloody hatchet; Buried was the dreadful war-club; Buried were all warlike weapons, And the war-cry was forgotten. Then was peace among the nations.
nature flower fall
All things are symbols: the external shows Of Nature have their image in the mind , As flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves.
acres phrases ancient
I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls, The burial-ground God's-Acre.
trust journey beloved
O holy trust! O endless sense of rest! Like the beloved John To lay his head upon the Saviour's breast, And thus to journey on!
lonely remember oppressed
O, though oft oppressed and lonely, All my fears are laid aside, If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died!
nature natural permanent
The natural alone is permanent.
fortune late wells
Fortune comes well to all that comes not late.
country-love triumphant
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.
saturn fluid satellites
The Mormons make the marriage ring, like the ring of Saturn, fluid, not solid, and keep it in its place by numerous satellites.
friendship design aspiration
My designs and labors and aspirations are my only friends.