--- title: "8 Green Quotes By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" description: "8 Green quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Plus more from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and more Green sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_bounty_gone-are-the-living-but-the-dead-remain_374917.jpg" --- > [Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a summer rain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/gone-are-the-living-but-the-dead-remain-and-not-neglected-for-a-hand/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_bounty_gone-are-the-living-but-the-dead-remain_374917.jpg) > [An angel visited the green earth, and took a flower away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/an-angel-visited-the-green-earth-and-took-a-flower-away/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_angel_an-angel-visited-the-green-earth-and-too_383493.jpg) > [Love makes its record in deeper colors as we grow out of childhood into manhood; as the Emperors signed their names in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/love-makes-its-record-in-deeper-colors-as-we-grow-out-of-childhood-2/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_age_love-makes-its-record-in-deeper-colors-a_1140306.jpg) > [Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/your-silent-tents-of-green-we-deck-with-fragrant-flowers-yours-has/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_deck_your-silent-tents-of-green-we-deck-with_1825624.jpg) > [I have a passion for ballad. . . . They are the gypsy children of song, born under green hedgerows in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/i-have-a-passion-for-ballad-they-are-the-gypsy-children-of-song-born/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_ballads_i-have-a-passion-for-ballad-they-are-the_1875331.jpg) > [This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/this-is-the-forest-primeval-the-murmuring-pines-and-the-hemlocks/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_accents_this-is-the-forest-primeval-the-murmurin_2555294.jpg) > [Where should the scholar live? In solitude, or in society? in the green stillness of the country, where he can hear the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/where-should-the-scholar-live-in-solitude-or-in-society-in-the-green/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_beats_where-should-the-scholar-live-in-solitud_2762221.jpg) > [A solid man of Boston; A comfortable man with dividends, And the first salmon and the first green peas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/a-solid-man-of-boston-a-comfortable-man-with-dividends-and-the-first/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_boston_a-solid-man-of-boston-a-comfortable-man_2987735.jpg) ## Other authors on Green ## More by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow > [The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-spring-came-suddenly-bursting-upon-the-world-as-a-child-bursts/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [In old age our bodies are worn-out instruments, on which the soul tries in vain to play the melodies of youth. But because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/in-old-age-our-bodies-are-worn-out-instruments-on-which-the-soul/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [“ Endymion The rising moon has hid the stars; Her level rays, like golden bars, Lie on the landscape green, With shadows brown between.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/endymion-the-rising-moon-has-hid-the-stars-her-level-rays-like-golden/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [There's nothing fair nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/there-s-nothing-fair-nor-beautiful-but-takes-something-from-thee-that/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/fame-comes-only-when-deserved-and-then-is-as-inevitable-as-destiny/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Nature paints not; In oils, but frescoes the great dome of heaven; With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds; And flying vapors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/nature-paints-not-in-oils-but-frescoes-the-great-dome-of-heaven-with/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [“  Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers,—   Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike were they free from   Fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/thus-dwelt-together-in-love-these-simple-acadian-farmers-dwelt-in-the/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [The trees are white with dust, that o'er their sleep Wave their broad curtains in the south-wind's breath, While underneath such leafy tents they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-trees-are-white-with-dust-that-o-er-their-sleep-wave-their-broad/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-obtained-by-sudden/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [All things come round to him who will but wait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/all-things-come-round-to-him-who-will-but-wait/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/ah-how-skillful-grows-the-hand-that-obeyeth-love-s-command-it-is-the/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Thus departed Hiawatha, Hiawatha the Beloved, In the glory of the sunset, In the purple mists of evening, To the regions of the home-wind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/thus-departed-hiawatha-hiawatha-the-beloved-in-the-glory-of-the/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Books are sepulchres of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/books-are-sepulchres-of-thought/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/morality-without-religion-is-only-a-kind-of-dead-reckoning-an/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Buried was the bloody hatchet; Buried was the dreadful war-club; Buried were all warlike weapons, And the war-cry was forgotten. Then was peace among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/buried-was-the-bloody-hatchet-buried-was-the-dreadful-war-club-buried/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/green/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/#itemlist", "name": "8 Green Quotes By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a summer rain, Still keeps their graves and their remembrance green.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/gone-are-the-living-but-the-dead-remain-and-not-neglected-for-a-hand/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_bounty_gone-are-the-living-but-the-dead-remain_374917.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_bounty_gone-are-the-living-but-the-dead-remain_374917.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_bounty_gone-are-the-living-but-the-dead-remain_374917.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; 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