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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes

American Poet February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882

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Anon from the castle walls. The crescent banner falls, And the crowd beholds instead, Like a portent in the sky, Iskander's banner fly, The Black Eagle with double head; And a shout ascends on high, For men's souls are tired of the Turks, And their wicked ways and works, That have made of Ak-Hissar. A city of the plague; And the loud, exultant cry. That echoes wide and far. Is: "Long live Scanderbeg! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There are things of which I may not speak; There are dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, And bring a pallor into the cheek, And a mist before the eye. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet. The words repeat. Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she..."
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
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art."
The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "Art is the child of Nature."
Art is the child of Nature. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that..."
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, our faith..."
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, our faith triumphant o’er our fears, are all with thee – are all with thee! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
With favoring winds, o'er sunlit seas, We sailed for the Hesperides, The land where golden apples grow; But that, ah! that was long ago. How far, since then, the ocean streams Have swept us from that land of dreams, That land of fiction and of truth, The lost Atlantis of our youth! Whither, ah, whither? Are not these The tempest-haunted Orcades, Where sea-gulls scream, and breakers roar, And wreck and sea-weed line the shore? Ultima Thule! Utmost Isle! Here in thy harbors for a while We... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "A single conversation across the table with a wise man is..."
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls..."
Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "In the elder days of art. Builders wrought with greatest care...."
In the elder days of art. Builders wrought with greatest care. Each minute and unseen part, For the Gods are everywhere Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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