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
christmas song strong
And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth he sleep! The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men!
heart water secret
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
heart burning lamps
Our hearts are lamps for ever burning...
easter sunday air
'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.
heart voice church-bells
For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old.
inspirational motivational perseverance
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
success congratulations literature
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.
inspirational success perseverance
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
life change time
Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.
children spring flower
The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.
sunset evening
Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.
fall night wings
The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.
beautiful morning twilight
How beautiful the silent hour, when morning and evening thus sit together, hand in hand, beneath the starless sky of midnight!
happy-birthday time stars
For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.