Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Wise Famous Quotes.
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1237273.jpg)
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: 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: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1106172.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-276078.jpg)
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 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](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-2183745.jpg)
Weary of your wars and bloodshed,
Weary of your prayers for vengeance,
Of your wranglings and dissensions
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1066357.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-804469.jpg)
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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-288651.jpg)
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-634328.jpg)
![Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Labor with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone, Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Labor with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone, Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-914266.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-979894.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-625432.jpg)
![Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1502186.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-132759.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1222692.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1045656.jpg)
![Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-594473.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1371453.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-945611.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-2143147.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1360975.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1908933.jpg)
![Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Every man is in some sort a failure to himself. No one ever reaches the heights to which he aspires. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Every man is in some sort a failure to himself. No one ever reaches the heights to which he aspires.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-2111286.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1760338.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1618302.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1581142.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-631035.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-139132.jpg)
![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! 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!](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-180705.jpg)
![Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Your silent tents of greenWe deck with fragrant flowers;Yours has the suffering been,The memory shall be ours. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes: Your silent tents of greenWe deck with fragrant flowers;Yours has the suffering been,The memory shall be ours.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-362292.jpg)
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-quotes-1154835.jpg)