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5/18/11

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes


"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"All things come round to him who will but wait." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~ Tim Cox

"And the song, from beginning to end, I found in the heart of a friend." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Doing what you do well and doing well whatever you do." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Feeling is deep and still; and the word that floats on the surface Is as the tossing buoy, that betrays where the anchor is hidden.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-

"Give what you have, to someone it may be better than you dare to think." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"I hear the wind among the trees playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, like keys of some great instrument." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“I heard the bells on Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the word repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men!” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Christmas

"If spring came but once acentury instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all the hearts to behold the miraculouschange." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth." ~Longfellow

"In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Look, then, into thine heart, and write!" ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Love keeps our the cold better than a cloak. It serves for food and raiment." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“My soul is full of longing for the secrets of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death...” ~Longfellow on Death / immortality

"Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Take the Sunday with you through the week and sweeten with it all the other days." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"The best thing one can do when it's raining, is let it rain." ~Henry W. Longfellow

"The heart, like the mind, has a memory. And in it are kept the most precious keepsakes." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"When a friend asks there is no tomorrow." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Verse

By unseen hand uplifted in the light
Of sunset, yonder solitary cloud
Floats, with its white apparel blown abroad,
And wafted up to heaven."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language;--
on earth it is called Forgiveness!”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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"In the land of the Dacotahs,
Where the falls of Minnehaha
Flash and gleam in shining reaches,
Leap and laugh among the woodlands."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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"Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sand of time."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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"Silently, one by one,
in the infinite meadows of heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars,
The forget-me-nots of the angels."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“Very hot and still the air was,
Very smooth the gliding river,
Motionless the sleeping shadows.”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Summer

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