Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes - Page 7

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• O Music! language of the soul, Of love, of God to man; Bright beam from heaven thrilling, That lightens sorrow's weight.

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  Music, Men, Heaven

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• The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.

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  Heart, Holiday, Self

  'The Ladder of Saint Augustine' (1850)

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• Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

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  Life, Sad, Depressing

  Tales of aWayside Inn pt. 3 "The Theologian's Tale: Elizabeth" pt. 4 (1874)

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• Gorgeous flowerets in the sunlight shining, Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day, Tremulous leaves, with soft and silver lining, Buds that open only to decay.

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  Eye, Shining, Bud

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1848). “Poems”, p.10

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• Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
  "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere - "Be bold;
  Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess
  Than the defect; better the more than less;
  Better like Hector in the field to die,
  Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.

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  Wise, Writing, Doors

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, "Morituri Salutamus", (pp. 142-144), 1922.

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• Tomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest.

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  Guests, Tomorrow, Mysterious

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.862, Delphi Classics

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• Tis always morning somewhere.

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  Morning, Compensation

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1866). “The Later Poems”, p.108

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• Dead he is not, but departed, for the artist never dies.

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  Artist, Departed, Dies

  'The Poets' (1876)

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• Ripe in wisdom was he, but patient, and simple, and childlike.

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  Wisdom, Simple, Patient

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1861). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his translations and notes”, p.9

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• There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.

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  Heart, Water, Secret

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Favorite Poems”, p.64, Courier Corporation

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• People of a lively imagination are generally curious, and always so when a little in love.

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  People, Imagination, Curiosity

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “Hyperion, and Kavanagh”, p.149

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• Fame grows like a tree if it have the principle of growth in it; the accumulated dews of ages freshen its leaves.

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  Tree, Growth, Age

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1888). “Longfellow's Days: The Longfellow Prose Birthday Book : Extracts from the Journals and Letters of H. W. Longfellow”

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• I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light.

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  Lying, Ambition, Light

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.157

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• Oh, how beautiful is the summer night, which is not night, but a sunless, yet unclouded, day, descending upon earth with dews and shadows and refreshing coolness! How beautiful the long mild twilight, which, like a silver clasp, unites today with yesterday!

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  Beautiful, Summer, Twilight

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “Poems. New edition”, p.410

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• Where should the scholar live? In solitude, or in society? in the green stillness of the country, where he can hear the heart of Nature beat, or in the dark, gray town where he can hear and feel the throbbing heart of man?

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  Country, Heart, Dark

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works: Hyperion”, p.46

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• O gift of God! O perfect day: Whereon shall no man work, but play; Whereon it is enough for me, Not to be doing, but to be!

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  Men, Perfect Days, Play

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.351, Library of America

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• Nothing that is can pause or stay; / The moon will wax, the moon will wane, / The mist and cloud will turn to rain, / The rain to mist and cloud again, / Tomorrow be today.

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  Change, Rain, Moon

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.956, Delphi Classics

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• The Wreck of the Hesperus But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he.

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  Father, Frozen, Wrecks

  'The Wreck of the Hesperus' (1839)

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• Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow.

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  Air, Clouds, Snow

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.351, Library of America

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• Thus at the flaming forge of life
  Our fortunes must be wrought;
  Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
  Each burning deed and thought!

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  Life, Burning, Deeds

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.37

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• The atmosphere breathes rest and comfort, and the many chambers seem full of welcomes.

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  Thank You, Atmosphere, Comfort

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.804, Jazzybee Verlag

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• If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy.

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  Writing, Character, Easy

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.19

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• How can I teach your children gentleness and mercy to the weak, and reverence for life, which in its nakedness and excess, is still a gleam of God's omnipotence, when by your laws, your actions and your speech, you contradict the very things I teach?

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  Children, Law, Omnipotence

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• The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

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  Stars, Life And Love, Twilight

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.627, Library of America

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• Day of the Lord, as all our days should be!

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  Lord, Should, Sabbath

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.1260, Jazzybee Verlag

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