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
excellence supreme
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
bends bow cord draws man though unto useless
As unto the bow the cord is, / So unto the man is woman; / Though she bends him, she obeys him, / Though she draws him, yet she follows; / Useless each without the other!
brow honest looks man owes wet
His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can; And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man
holidays kept ourselves secret silence
The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the secret anniversaries of the heart.
shouts
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
brotherhood may love-one-another
If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us, whatever mischances may happen.
memorial-day memories flower
Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.
memorial-day names honor
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.
time climbing years
To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.
happy-birthday time stars
For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
time heart learning
Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
time mistake learning
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.
time future heart
Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act -- act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead.
errors sorrow looks
Look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger.