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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Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear. Go to Quote / Comment
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. Go to Quote / Comment
The course of my long life hath reached at last In fragile bark o'er a tempestuous sea... Go to Quote / Comment
Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain. Go to Quote / Comment
Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author. Go to Quote / Comment