Noble Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

9 Noble quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow presents nine concise reflections on “Noble,” each line carrying his signature poetic cadence in a tidy package.

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A noble type of good. Heroic womanhood.

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Be noble in every thought And in every deed!

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And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives.

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Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find…

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Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise.

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Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger.

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A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.

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Sail forth into the sea of life, O gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that…

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Perhaps the chief cause which has retarded the progress of poetry in America, is the want of that exclusive cultivation, which so…

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Nature paints not; In oils, but frescoes the great dome of heaven; With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds; And flying vapors.

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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,…

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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…

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