Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

A millstone and the human heart are driven ever round, If they have nothing else to grind, they must themselves be ground.

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He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

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The country is lyric, the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama.

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Perhaps the chief cause which has retarded the progress of poetry in America, is the want of that exclusive cultivation, which so noble a branch of literature would seem to require. Few here think of relying upon the exertion of poetic talent for a livelihood, and of making literature the profession of life. The bar or the pulpit claims the greater part of the scholar's existence, and poetry is made its pastime.

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And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters

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Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it.

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Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay.

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I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground God's-Acre! It is just; It consecrates each grave within its walls, And breathes a benison o'er the sleeping dust.

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The course of my long life hath reached at last in fragile bark over a tempestuous sea the common harbor, where must rendered be account for all the actions of the past.

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The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright. The house is full of life and light.

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For next to being a great poet is the power of understanding one.

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The morning pouring everywhere, its golden glory on the air.

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Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise.

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The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

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History casts its shadow far into the land of song.

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All was silent as before - All silent save the dripping rain.

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In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!

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Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, our faith triumphant o’er our fears, are all with thee – are all with thee!

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Rule by patience, Laughing Water!

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Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.

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