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
love literature cold
Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
love short-love giving
Love gives itself; it is not bought.
character personality literature
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
inspirational motivational archery
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
rain sunset night
After a day of cloud and wind and rain Sometimes the setting sun breaks out again, And touching all the darksome woods with light, Smiles on the fields until they laugh and sing, Then like a ruby from the horizon's ring, Drops down into the night.
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The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
spiritual soul visible
The soul...is audible, not visible.
wings feet degrees
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.
stars life-and-love twilight
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
inspirational life wisdom
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.
character perfection simplicity
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
children heart parenting
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
morning night done
Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.