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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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. Go to Quote / Comment
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues. Go to Quote / Comment
Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Go to Quote / Comment
I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding. Go to Quote / Comment
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. Go to Quote / Comment