Best Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Thoughts
- So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest. Deals
- Time is the life of the soul. Inspirational
- Dreams or illusions, call them what you will, they lift us from the commonplace of life to better things. Better
- Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his… Arms
- We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits… Cannot Soar
- .... Anon from the castle walls The crescent banner falls, And the crowd beholds instead, Like a portent in the sky, Iskander's banner fly, The… Anon
- The smoking flax before it burst to flame Was quenched by death, and broken the bruised reed. Broken
- Chill air and wintry winds! My ear has grown familiar with your song; I hear it in the opening year, I listen, and it cheers… Air
- There's nothing fair nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beautiful. Beautiful
- I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument. Air
- The moon is hidden behind a cloud... On the leaves is a sound of falling rain... No other sounds than these I hear; The hour… Behind
- Our hearts are lamps for ever burning... Burning
- The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual and silent progress… Alone
- Midnight! the outpost of advancing day! The frontier town and citadel of night! Advancing
- What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is? Better
- The hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain. Beads
- See yonder little cloud, that, borne aloft So tenderly by the wind, floats fast away Over the snowy peaks! Aloft
- Ah, how wonderful is the advent of the Spring!—the great annual miracle.... which no force can stay, no violence restrain, like love, that wins its… Advent
- With many readers, brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought; they mistake buttercups in the grass for immeasurable gold mines under ground. Affluence
- One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream. Dream
- All the means of action -- the shapeless masses -- the materials -- lie everywhere about us. What we need is the celestial fire to… Action
- To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution. Alone
- Nothing with God can be accidental. Accidental
- O thou sculptor, painter, poet! Take this lesson to thy heart: That is best which lieth nearest; Shape from that thy work of art. Art
- Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great. America
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