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
goodbye art farewell
Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
heart holiday silence
The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.
spring joy taste
Taste the joy That springs from labor.
men labor-day debt
He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.
book order lovers
It is true, that it is not at all necessary to love many books, in order to love them much.
friendship best-friend firsts
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.
beautiful dream time
How beautiful is youth! how bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend!
fire burning hotter
A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
birthday twilight opportunity
Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.
rain silent dripping
All was silent as before - All silent save the dripping rain.
opportunity victory way
Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work
time mistake learning
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.
life gratitude rain
It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life.
dust soul stronger
Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger.