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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American educator and poet whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and "Evangeline". He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets....
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When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.

When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.

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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.

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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!

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!

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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.

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.

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Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

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The world loves a spice of wickedness.

The world loves a spice of wickedness.

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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.

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Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images, are merely shadows cast by outward things on stone or canvas, having in themselves no separate existence. Architecture, existing in itself, and not in seeming a something it is not, surpasses them as substance shadow.

Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images, are merely shadows cast by outward things on stone or canvas, having in themselves no separate existence. Architecture, existing in itself, and not in seeming a something it is not, surpasses them as substance shadow.

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He that respects himself is safe from others; He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

He that respects himself is safe from others; He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.

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The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

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I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men.

I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men.

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Were a star quenched on high,For ages would its light,Still travelling downward from the sky,Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,For years beyond our ken,The light he leaves behind him liesUpon the paths of men.

Were a star quenched on high,For ages would its light,Still travelling downward from the sky,Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,For years beyond our ken,The light he leaves behind him liesUpon the paths of men.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

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The secret anniversaries of the heart.

The secret anniversaries of the heart.

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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

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The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

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Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.

Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.

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I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn.

I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn.

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The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

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Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

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No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead.

No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead.

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The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do.

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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

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It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.

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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.

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In ourselves are triumph and defeat.

In ourselves are triumph and defeat.

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Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.

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Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. In is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and a manly heart.

Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. In is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and a manly heart.

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Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

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Oh, fear not in a world like this, and thou shalt know erelong, know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

Oh, fear not in a world like this, and thou shalt know erelong, know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

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Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

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Some men must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay.

Some men must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay.

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Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth, to some good angel leave the rest; For Time will teach thee soon the truth, there are no birds in last year's nest!

Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth, to some good angel leave the rest; For Time will teach thee soon the truth, there are no birds in last year's nest!

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All things come round to him who will but wait.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

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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.

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.

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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.

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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Write on your doors the saying wise and old. Be bold! and everywhere -- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less sustaineth him and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

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Then read from the treasured volume the poem of thy choice, and lend to the rhyme of the poet the beauty of thy voice.

Then read from the treasured volume the poem of thy choice, and lend to the rhyme of the poet the beauty of thy voice.

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The course of my long life hath reached at last in fragile bark over a tempestuous sea the common harbor, where must rendered be account for all the actions of the past.

The course of my long life hath reached at last in fragile bark over a tempestuous sea the common harbor, where must rendered be account for all the actions of the past.

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A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain.

A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain.

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Whatever poet, orator, or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.

Whatever poet, orator, or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.

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Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!

Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!

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Into each life some rain must fall, some days be dark and dreary.

Into each life some rain must fall, some days be dark and dreary.

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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

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Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings --as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings --as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.

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The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable. The elements have no forbearance. The fire burns, the water drowns, the air consumes, the earth buries. And perhaps it would be well for our race if the punishment of crimes against the Laws of Man were as inevitable as the punishment of crimes against the Laws of Nature --were Man as unerring in his judgments as Nature.

The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable. The elements have no forbearance. The fire burns, the water drowns, the air consumes, the earth buries. And perhaps it would be well for our race if the punishment of crimes against the Laws of Man were as inevitable as the punishment of crimes against the Laws of Nature --were Man as unerring in his judgments as Nature.

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Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

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Not enjoyment, and not sorrow is our destined way, but to act that each tomorrow may find us further than today.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow is our destined way, but to act that each tomorrow may find us further than today.

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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.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

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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.

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.

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