Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellowwas an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, and was one of the five Fireside Poets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 February 1807
CityPortland, ME
CountryUnited States of America
wall ocean soil
There's not a ship that sails the ocean, But every climate, every soil, Must bring its tribute, great or small, And help to build the wooden wall!
fashion animal men
Sculpture is more divine, and more like Nature, That fashions all her works in high relief, And that is Sculpture. This vast ball, the Earth, Was moulded out of clay, and baked in fire; Men, women, and all animals that breathe Are statues, and not paintings.
sea two rivers
Two ways the rivers Leap down to different seas, and as they roll Grow deep and still, and their majestic presence Becomes a benefaction to the towns They visit, wandering silently among them, Like patriarchs old among their shining tents.
regret men average
The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him.
heart hands land
Kind messages, that pass from land to land; Kind letters, that betray the heart's deep history, In which we feel the pressure of a hand,-- One touch of fire,--and all the rest is mystery!
book heart parting
My Book and Heart Shall never part.
sculpture painting best-picture
The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture.
noble deeds nobility
Be noble in every thought And in every deed!
heart humanity mankind
Every human heart is human.
beauty beautiful lovely
Beautiful in form and feature, lovely as the day, can there be so fair a creature formed of common clay?
song children passion
I have a passion for ballad. . . . They are the gypsy children of song, born under green hedgerows in the leafy lanes and bypaths of literature,--in the genial Summertime.
character writing easy
If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy.
work said
And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox.
crush wine heart
The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the constant weight of it brings forth bitterness, the taste and stain from the lees of the vat.