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• The smoking flax before it burst to flame Was quenched by death, and broken the bruised reed.

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  Flames, Broken, Smoking

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.844, Jazzybee Verlag

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• There's nothing fair nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beautiful.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Thee

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1869). “The Poetical Works”, p.101

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• The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual and silent progress of Truth, as the grim statues of Copan have been pushed from their pedestals by the growth of forest-trees, whose seeds were sown by the wind in the ruined walls.

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  Nature, Wall, Idols

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). “The Works: Kavanagh. Outre-Mer”, p.38

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• The hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain.

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  Rain, Clouds, Friars

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.6

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• See yonder little cloud, that, borne aloft So tenderly by the wind, floats fast away Over the snowy peaks!

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  Clouds, Wind, Littles

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.185

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• Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great.

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  Strong, America, Unions

  "The Building of the Ship" l. 378 (1849)

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• Wondrous strong are the spells of fiction.

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  Strong, Fiction, Spells

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1857). “Prose Works”, p.451

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• The men that women marry, And why they marry them, will always be A marvel and a mystery to the world.

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  Marriage, Men, World

  'Michael Angelo' (1883) pt. 1, sect. 5

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• The poor too often turn away unheard, From hearts that shut against them with a sound That will be heard in heaven.

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  Heart, Heaven, Sound

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.55

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• And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox.

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  Work, Said

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Complete in One Volume”, p.94

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• At first laying down, as a fact fundamental, That nothing with God can be accidental.

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  Fundamentals, Laying Down, Firsts

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.190

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• Sweet April! many a thought Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed; Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought, Life's golden fruit is shed.

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  Sweet, Heart, Autumn

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1848). “Poems”, p.13

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• Even cities have their graves!

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  Cities, Graves

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.946, Delphi Classics

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• Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave

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  Ambition, Cradle, Graves

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• The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture.

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  Sculpture, Painting, Best Picture

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2008). “Michael Angelo and Translations”, p.93, Wildside Press LLC

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• Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai.

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  Sunset, Light, Red

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.146

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• The swallow is come! The swallow is come! O, fair are the seasons, and light Are the days that she brings, With her dusky wings, And her bosom snowy white!

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  Light, Wings, White

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1885, Delphi Classics

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• I saw the long line of the vacant shore, The sea-weed and the shells upon the sand, And the brown rocks left bare on every hand, As if the ebbing tide would flow no more.

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  Weed, Rocks, Hands

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.930, Delphi Classics

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• Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.

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  Work, Thoughtful, Moments

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A New Complete Edition, Including Miles Standish and Other Poems”, p.620

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• Art is the child of Nature; yes, Her darling child, in whom we trace The features of the mother's face, Her aspect and her attitude, All her majestic loveliness Chastened and softened and subdued Into a more attractive grace, And with a human sense imbued. He is the greatest artist, then, Whether of pencil or of pen, Who follows Nature.

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  Mother, Art, Children

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.965, Delphi Classics

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• The young may die, but the old must!

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  Death, May, Young

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1861). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his translations and notes”, p.203

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• All things are symbols: the external shows Of Nature have their image in the mind , As flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves.

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  Nature, Flower, Fall

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.852, Jazzybee Verlag

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• 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!

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  Trust, Journey, Beloved

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). “The Poetical Works of H.W. Longfellow ...”, p.77

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• Thus departed Hiawatha, Hiawatha the Beloved, In the glory of the sunset, In the purple mists of evening, To the regions of the home-wind, Of the Northwest-Wind, Keewaydin, To the Islands of the Blessed, To the Kingdom of Ponemah, To the Land of the Hereafter!

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  Blessed, Sunset, Home

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, George Housman Thomas (1860). “The Song of Hiawatha ... Illustrated by John Gilbert”, p.211

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• Books are sepulchres of thought.

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  Book

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Flower-de-luce and Three Books of Song”, p.25

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