Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes - Page 24

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

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  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.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Mother, Art, Children

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

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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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• 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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• Authors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air.

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  Winning, Air, Soldier

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.2078, Delphi Classics

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

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  Life, Fire, Light

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.912, Delphi Classics

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• The young may die, but the old must!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  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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• 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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• Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Ambition, Cradle, Graves

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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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• Even cities have their graves!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Cities, Graves

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

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• A noble type of good. Heroic womanhood.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Noble, Heroic, Type

  "Santa Filomena" st. 10 (1858).

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• And when the echoes had ceased, like a sense of pain was the silence.

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  Pain, Echoes, Silence

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1852). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow”, p.242

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• As the heart is, so is love to the heart. It partakes of its strength or weakness, its health or disease.

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  Heart, Weakness, Disease

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). “The Works: Kavanagh. Outre-Mer”, p.82

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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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• 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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• Where, twisted round the barren oak,
  The summer vine in beauty clung,
  And summer winds the stillness broke,
  The crystal icicle is hung.

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  Summer, Winter, Wind

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.8

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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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• 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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• If the great Captain of Plymouth is so very eager to wed me, Why does he not come himself, and take the trouble to woo me? If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning!

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  Winning, Doe, Plymouth

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Favorite Poems”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• Thus, seamed with many scars Bursting these prison bars, Up to its native stars My soul ascended! There from the flowing bowl Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal! to the Northland! skoal! Thus the tale ended.

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  Stars, Warrior, Soul

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1847). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Complete in One Volume”, p.38

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• The natural alone is permanent.

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  Nature, Natural, Permanent

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “Kavanagh: A Tale”, p.59

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• No action, whether foul or fair, Is ever done, but it leaves somewhere A record, written by fingers ghostly, As a blessing or a curse, and mostly In the greater weakness or greater strength Of the acts which follow it.

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  Blessing, Weakness, Done

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.160

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