Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poet, Educator

Spiritual

“So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go, Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcends the what we know.”

Hands Sleep Nature

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poet, Educator

Sad

“The things that have been and shall be no more, The things that are, and that hereafter shall be, The things that might have been, and yet were not, The fading twilight of joys departed.”

Joy Twilight Departed

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Spiritual

“The soul...is audible, not visible.”

Spiritual Soul

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Courageous

“Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work”

Way Opportunity

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Sad

“God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them back to heaven again.”

Heart Song Sadness

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Courageous

“In what a forge and what a heat were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock; 'Tis of the wave and not the rock.”

Rocks Angel Anchors

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Spiritual

“From dust thou art to dust returneth, was not spoken of the soul.”

Art Death

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Love

“When one is truly in love, one not only says it, but shows it.”

Love Shows

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Rebellious

“Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay.”

Men Made

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Motivated

“When we walk towards the sun of Truth, all shadows are cast behind us.”

Shadow Sun

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Romantic

“As I gaze upon the sea! All the old romantic legends, all my dreams, come back to me.”

Dream Sea

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Philosophical

“Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.”

Heart Reality

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