Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

It is true, that it is not at all necessary to love many books, in order to love them much.

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By the shores of Gitchee Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis, Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them; Bright before it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.

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Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead.

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Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born, Sang with many a change, Christmas carols until morn.

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The air of summer was sweeter than wine.

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The air is full of farewells to the dying. And mournings for the dead.

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Ah, how skillful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far excelleth all the rest!

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It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.

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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

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Love gives itself; it is not bought.

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Magnificent autumn! He comes not like a pilgrim, clad in russet weeds; not like a hermit, clad in gray; but like a warrior with the stain of blood in his brazen mail.

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Where, twisted round the barren oak, The summer vine in beauty clung, And summer winds the stillness broke, The crystal icicle is hung.

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There rises the moon, broad and tranquil, through the branches of a walnut tree on a hill opposite. I apostrophize it in the words of Faust; "O gentle moon, that lookest for the last time upon my agonies!" --or something to that effect.

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Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.

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Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work

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

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I love thee, as the good love heaven.

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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

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