"I shot an arrow into the air, It……" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend."
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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438 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Learn to labour and to wait.
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Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
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There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. And next to love the sweetest thing is hate.
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