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
stars life-and-love twilight
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
literature return fountain
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
memories dark
The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark
morning night done
Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.
mind poetic purity
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
dream men fundraising
The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
children heart parenting
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
happiness health doors
Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.
sympathy death condolences
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
believe heart brain
I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart
inspirational motivational archery
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
strength lying criticism
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
congratulations failure evil
However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
art freedom commitment
Resolve and thou art free.