Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
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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
In the elder days of Art,
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
For the gods see everywhere.
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
For the gods see everywhere.
The Builders
Oh, fear not in a world like this,
And thou shalt know ere long,—
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
And thou shalt know ere long,—
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
The Light of Stars
Life is real! life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
A Psalm of Life
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
The Day is Done
Not in the clamor of the crowded street,
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
The Poets
'Wouldst thou' - so the helmsman answered, -
'Learn the secret of the sea?
Only those who brave its dangers
Comprehend its mystery!'
'Learn the secret of the sea?
Only those who brave its dangers
Comprehend its mystery!'
The Secret of the Sea
Search
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
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
Human, All Too Human
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."
Essays
Essays