Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it:
Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
No one is so accursed by fate,
No one so utterly desolate,
But some heart, though unknown,
Responds unto his own.
No one so utterly desolate,
But some heart, though unknown,
Responds unto his own.
Endymion
And as she looked around, she saw how Death the consoler,
Laying his hand upon many a heart, had healed it forever.
Laying his hand upon many a heart, had healed it forever.
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart.
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart.
A feeling of sadness and longing
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.
The Day is Done
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Finds us further than to-day.
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Finds us further than to-day.
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
A Psalm of Life
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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