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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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. Go to Quote / Comment
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. Go to Quote / Comment
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after Go to Quote / Comment
Such as the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight and the snow!... Go to Quote / Comment
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied. Go to Quote / Comment