Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Cities Copy Share Image
The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dark Copy Share Image
Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Death Copy Share Image
For next to being a great poet is the power of understanding one. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Great poet Copy Share Image
The country is not priest-ridded, but press-ridden. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Country Copy Share Image
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Book Copy Share Image
Dreams or illusions, call them what you will, they lift us from the commonplace of life to better things. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Better things Copy Share Image
Oh, what a glory doth this world put on, for him who with a fervent heart goes forth under the bright and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Day well spent Copy Share Image
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
It is Lucifer, The son of mystery; And since God suffers him to be, He too, is God's minister, And labors for… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Devil Copy Share Image
For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Bells Copy Share Image
God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Earth Copy Share Image
A spirit of criticism, if indulged in, leads to a censoriousness of disposition that is destructive of all nobler feeling. The man… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Criticism Copy Share Image
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Affection Copy Share Image
This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Aspiration Copy Share Image
Mine is the Month of Roses; yes, and mine The Month of Marriages! All pleasant sights And scents, the fragrance of the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Blossoming Copy Share Image
If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things Keep ourselves loyal to truth, and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Friendship Copy Share Image
See yonder fire! It is the moon slow rising o'er the eastern hill. It glimmers on the forest tips, and through the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white, So full of gladness and so full of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Delight Copy Share Image
Welcome, Disappointment! Thy hand is cold and hard, but it is the hand of a friend. Thy voice is stern and harsh,… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Calm Copy Share Image
Think not because no man sees, such things will remain unseen. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Book Copy Share Image
The heaven of poetry and romance still lies around us and within us. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Heaven Copy Share Image
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ambition Copy Share Image
Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and silence. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Darkness Copy Share Image
The hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Art Copy Share Image
“Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Ripe in wisdom was he, but patient, and simple, and childlike. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Childlike Copy Share Image
The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Best thing Copy Share Image
I shot an arrow into the air, it fell to earth, I knew not where. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Out of the shadows of night The world rolls into light. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Light Copy Share Image
For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Christmas prayer Copy Share Image
Out of the shdows of night The world rolls into light. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inspirational Copy Share Image
