American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is one of the greatest poets in American history. Born in Portland, Maine, He became professor of Modern Languages in Harvard University; wrote "Hyperion," a romance in prose, and a succession of poems as well as lyrics, among the former "Evangeline," "The Golden Legend," "Hiawatha," and "Miles Standish"
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All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Go to Quote / Comment
Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place. Go to Quote / Comment
The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain. Go to Quote / Comment
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad. Go to Quote / Comment
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 of our time. Go to Quote / Comment