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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The soul...is audible, not visible.
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We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work
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Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.
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The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one.
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I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
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Look, then, into thine heart, and write!
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Look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger.