Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes - page 12

All the means of action - the shapeless masses - the materials - lie everywhere about us. What we need is the celestial fire to change the flint into the transparent crystal, bright and clear. That fire is genius.'' (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream. View quote
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The world loves a spice of wickedness. View quote
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To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgment of others. View quote
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All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. View quote
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No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears. View quote
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Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would help us in our utmost need. View quote
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In ourselves are triumph and defeat. View quote
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The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright. The house is full of life and light. View quote
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Do not fear Heaven is as near,' He said, 'by water as by land. View quote
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Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
And death, and time shall disappear,- Forever there, but never here! View quote
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Ah, how wonderful is the advent of spring! View quote
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The warriors that fought for their country, and bled, Have sunk to their rest. View quote
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This divine madness enters more or less into all our noblest undertakings. View quote
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. View quote
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O father! I see a gleaming light. Oh say, what may it be? View quote
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Ah! this beautiful world! View quote
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Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment there is no fate in the world so horrible as to have no share in either its joys or sorrows. View quote
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Ah what would the world be to us If the children were no more We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. View quote
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We have not wings we cannot soar but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
But the father answered never a word. A frozen corpse was he. View quote
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Good-night good-night as we so oft have said, Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days That are no more, and shall no more return. Thou hast but taken up thy lamp and gone to bed I stay a little longer, as one stays To cover up the embers that still burn. View quote
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I venerate old age and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding. View quote
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But the good deed, through the ages, Living in historic pages, Brighter grows and gleams immortal, Unconsumed by moth or rust. View quote
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