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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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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Quote Left Be still sad heart and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining, Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life a little rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. Quote Right
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Quote Left Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom. Quote Right
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Quote Left A torn jacket is soon mended but hard words bruise the heart of a child. Quote Right
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Quote Left The adoration of his heart had been to her only as the perfume of a wild flower, which she had carelessly crushed with her foot in passing. Quote Right
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Quote Left If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. Quote Right
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