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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‘Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art; to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.’ Go to Quote / Comment
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. Go to Quote / Comment
All the means of action -- the shapeless masses -- the materials -- lie everywhere about us. What we need is the celestial fire to change the flint into the transparent crystal, bright and clear. That fire is genius.'' Go to Quote / Comment
If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. Go to Quote / Comment
There was a little girl Who had a little curl... Go to Quote / Comment