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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Taste the joyThat springs from labor. Taste the joy
That springs from labor.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution. To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The sea hath its pearlsThe heaven hath its starsBut my heart, my heartHas its love. The sea hath its pearls
The heaven hath its stars
But my heart, my heart
Has its love.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong. Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Learn to labour and to wait. Learn to labour and to wait.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Oh, how short are the days! How soon the night overtakes us! Oh, how short are the days! How soon the night overtakes us!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: All was silent as before - All silent save the dripping rain. All was silent as before - All silent save the dripping rain.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: In the long run men hit only what they aim at. In the long run men hit only what they aim at.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Time has laid his handUpon my heart, gently, not smiting it,But as a harper lays his open palmUpon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. Time has laid his hand
Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it,
But as a harper lays his open palm
Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers. The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Does not all the blood within meLeap to meet thee, leap to meet thee,As the springs to meet the sunshine. Does not all the blood within me
Leap to meet thee, leap to meet thee,
As the springs to meet the sunshine.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: I am weary of your quarrels,Weary of your wars and bloodshed,Weary of your prayers for vengeance,Of your wranglings and dissensions I am weary of your quarrels,
Weary of your wars and bloodshed,
Weary of your prayers for vengeance,
Of your wranglings and dissensions
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Sang in tones of deep emotion Songs of love and songs of longing. Sang in tones of deep emotion Songs of love and songs of longing.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service. The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The human voice is the organ of the soul. The human voice is the organ of the soul.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Each morning sees some task begin, each evening sees it close. Each morning sees some task begin, each evening sees it close.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,Is our destined end or way;But to act, that each tomorrowFind us farther than today. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose. Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Southward with fleet of ice Sailed the corsair Death; Wild and fast blew the blast, And the east-wind was his breath. Southward with fleet of ice Sailed the corsair Death; Wild and fast blew the blast, And the east-wind was his breath.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Labor with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone, Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun. Labor with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone, Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares! Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships. And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Fair was she and young, when in hope began the long journey; Faded was she and old, when in disappointment it ended. Fair was she and young, when in hope began the long journey; Faded was she and old, when in disappointment it ended.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Who ne'er his bread in sorrow ate, Who ne'er the mournful midnight hours Weeping upon his bed has sate, He knows you not, ye Heavenly Powers. Who ne'er his bread in sorrow ate, Who ne'er the mournful midnight hours Weeping upon his bed has sate, He knows you not, ye Heavenly Powers.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The bravest are the tenderest. The bravest are the tenderest.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The true poet is a friendly man. He takes to his arms even cold and inanimate things, and rejoices in his heart. The true poet is a friendly man. He takes to his arms even cold and inanimate things, and rejoices in his heart.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: When we walk towards the sun of Truth, all shadows are cast behind us. When we walk towards the sun of Truth, all shadows are cast behind us.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger. Look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: No endeavour is in vain;Its reward is in the doing. No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his own insignificant person. A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his own insignificant person.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The twilight that surrounds the border-land of old romance. The twilight that surrounds the border-land of old romance.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are. Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Dead he is not, but departed, for the artist never dies. Dead he is not, but departed, for the artist never dies.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Love is sunshine, hate is shadow,Life is checkered shade and sunshine. Love is sunshine, hate is shadow,
Life is checkered shade and sunshine.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay. Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves, And, like living coals, the apples Burned among the withering leaves. It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves, And, like living coals, the apples Burned among the withering leaves.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old. For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: We see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is? What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The soul never grows old. The soul never grows old.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: And when the echoes had ceased, like a sense of pain was the silence. And when the echoes had ceased, like a sense of pain was the silence.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Ah, yes, the sea is still and deep, All things within its bosom sleep! A single step, and all is o'er, A plunge, a bubble, and no more. Ah, yes, the sea is still and deep, All things within its bosom sleep! A single step, and all is o'er, A plunge, a bubble, and no more.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: It is the heart and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain. It is the heart and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Every human heart is human. Every human heart is human.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: I am never indifferent, and never pretend to be, to what people say or think of my books. They are my children, and I like to have them liked. I am never indifferent, and never pretend to be, to what people say or think of my books. They are my children, and I like to have them liked.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Who daresTo say that he alone has found the truth? Who dares
To say that he alone has found the truth?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The Nile, forever new and old, Among the living and the dead, Its mighty, mystic stream has rolled. The Nile, forever new and old, Among the living and the dead, Its mighty, mystic stream has rolled.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer. In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life. It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Life is real, life is earnest, and the grave is not its goal. Life is real, life is earnest, and the grave is not its goal.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness. God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Every man is in some sort a failure to himself. No one ever reaches the heights to which he aspires. Every man is in some sort a failure to himself. No one ever reaches the heights to which he aspires.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Sculpture is more than painting. It is greater To raise the dead to life than to create Phantoms that seem to live. Sculpture is more than painting. It is greater To raise the dead to life than to create Phantoms that seem to live.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Learn To Labor and to 'WAIT Learn To Labor and to 'WAIT
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us, whatever mischances may happen. If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us, whatever mischances may happen.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Let the dead Past bury its dead! Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author. Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: It is Lucifer, The son of mystery; And since God suffers him to be, He too, is God's minister, And labors for some good By us not understood. It is Lucifer, The son of mystery; And since God suffers him to be, He too, is God's minister, And labors for some good By us not understood.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit. Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mothers face. Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mothers face.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it. There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll. Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest;Home-keeping hearts are happiest. Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Love is a bodily shape; and Christian works are no more than animate faith and love, as flowers are the animate springtide. Love is a bodily shape; and Christian works are no more than animate faith and love, as flowers are the animate springtide.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest! Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun. It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Evil is only good perverted. Evil is only good perverted.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Your silent tents of greenWe deck with fragrant flowers;Yours has the suffering been,The memory shall be ours. Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Softly the evening came /with the sunset/. Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The purpose of that apple tree is to grow a little new wood each year. That is what I plan to do. The purpose of that apple tree is to grow a little new wood each year. That is what I plan to do.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Our faith triumphant o'er our fears. Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The story, from beginning to end, I found again in a heart of a friend. The story, from beginning to end, I found again in a heart of a friend.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Youth comes but once in a lifetime Youth comes but once in a lifetime
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Balder the beautiful/is dead, is dead! Balder the beautiful/is dead, is dead!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The soul ... is audible, not visible. The soul ... is audible, not visible.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: You would attain to the divine perfection. You would attain to the divine perfection.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Nothing is or can be accidental with God. Nothing is or can be accidental with God.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved. It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man. Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Out of the shdows of night The world rolls into light. Out of the shdows of night The world rolls into light.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain. The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: O Music! language of the soul, Of love, of God to man; Bright beam from heaven thrilling, That lightens sorrow's weight. O Music! language of the soul, Of love, of God to man; Bright beam from heaven thrilling, That lightens sorrow's weight.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart. The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Silence and solitude, the soul's best friends. Silence and solitude, the soul's best friends.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Your education begins where what is called your education is over.Your fate is but the common lot of all. Your education begins where what is called your education is over.
Your fate is but the common lot of all.

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