Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

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Then stars arise, and the night is holy.

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Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

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Resolve and thou art free.

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Take this sorrow to thy heart and make it part of thee, and it shall nourish thee till thou art strong again.

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Stars of earth, these golden flowers; emblems of our own great resurrection; emblems of the bright and better land.

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No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.

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Races, better than we, have leaned on her wavering promise, Having naught else but Hope.

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The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the constant weight of it brings forth bitterness, the taste and stain from the lees of the vat.

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In the life of every man there are sudden transitions of feeling, which seem almost miraculous. At once, as if some magician had touched the heavens and the earth, the dark clouds melt into the air, the wind falls, and serenity succeeds the storm. The causes which produce these changes may have been long at work within us, but the changes themselves are instantaneous, and apparently without sufficient cause.

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O little feet! that such long years Must wander on through hopes and fears, Must ache and bleed beneath your load; I, nearer to the wayside inn Where toil shall cease and rest begin, Am weary, thinking of your road!

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Books are sepulchres of thought.

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Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.

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A word that has been said may be unsaid-it is but air. But when a deed is done, it cannot be undone, nor can our thoughts reach out to all the mischiefs that may follow.

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There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. And next to love the sweetest thing is hate.

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How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and the heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain!

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Our hearts are lamps for ever burning.

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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.

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Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

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Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.

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