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
common life thy
Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
life noble may
Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves.
life fire light
The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright. The house is full of life and light.
life temptation safe
Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead.
life book passion
Alas! it is not till time, with reckless hand, has torn out half the leaves from the Book of Human Life to light the fires of passion with from day to day, that man begins to see that the leaves which remain are few in number.
life strong morning
Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. . . . He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. . . . Toiling,-rejoicing,-sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
life waiting labour
Learn to labour and to wait.
life death dream
Quotes about Life Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art; to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
life art long
Art is long, and Time is fleeting.
inspirational life birthday
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
life rain fall
Into each life some rain must fall.
life done weakness
I do not love thee less for what is done, And cannot be undone. Thy very weakness Hath brought thee nearer to me, and henceforth My love will have a sense of pity in it, Making it less a worship than before.
life spring sunshine
Does not all the blood within me Leap to meet thee, leap to meet thee, As the springs to meet the sunshine.
life self ships
Love contending with friendship, and self with each generous impulse. To and fro in his breast his thoughts were heaving and dashing, As in a foundering ship.