Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

United States
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet

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On Change:

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

Look, then, into thine heart, and write!

Voices of the Night

Nothing is or can be accidental with God.

On Thought:

She floats upon the river of his thoughts.

The Spanish Student

On Music:

Music is the universal language of mankind.

He has singed the beard of the king of Spain.

The Dutch Picture

On Opportunity:

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

On Tears:

No tears
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.

Sunrise on the Hills

On Patience:

All things come round to him who will but wait.

Tales of a Wayside Inn. The Student's Tale

On Thought:

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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