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But the great Master said, I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift to each, To charm, to strengthen, and to teach.

But the great Master said, "I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift to each, To charm, to strengthen, and to teach".

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Teaching, Learning, Degrees
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “Poems. New, complete ed”, p.188

Let us be merciful as well as just.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mercy, Wells, Merciful
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.807, Delphi Classics

Gone are the birds that were our summer guests.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Summer, Bird, Gone
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.852, Jazzybee Verlag

The poor too often turn away unheard, From hearts that shut against them with a sound That will be heard in heaven.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Heart, Heaven, Sound
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.55

Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Growth, May, Pleasure
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.273

The young may die, but the old must!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Death, May, Young
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1861). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his translations and notes”, p.203

My designs and labors and aspirations are my only friends.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Friendship, Design, Aspiration
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.800, Jazzybee Verlag

Dost thou know what a hero is? Why, a hero is as much as one should say, a hero.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hero, Should, Knows
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.3

History casts its shadow far into the land of song.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Song, Land, History
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1845). “The Poets and Poetry of Europe: With Introductions and Biographical Notices”, p.624

They who live in history only seemed to walk the earth again.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
History, Earth, Walks
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1856). “Poetical Works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Illustrated with Upwards of One Hundred and Sixty Engravings on Wood, from Designs by Jane E. Benham, Birket Foster, Etc”, p.203

To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgment of others.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Cities, Tolerance, Towns
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1857). “Prose Works”, p.95

All things are symbols: the external shows Of Nature have their image in the mind , As flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nature, Flower, Fall
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.852, Jazzybee Verlag

Books are sepulchres of thought.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Book
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Flower-de-luce and Three Books of Song”, p.25

Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Strong, America, Unions
"The Building of the Ship" l. 378 (1849)

The bells themselves are the best of preachers, Their brazen lips are learned teachers, From their pulpits of stone, in the upper air, Sounding aloft, without crack or flaw, Shriller than trumpets under the Law, Now a sermon and now a prayer.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Teacher, Prayer, Law
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.165

Burn, O evening hearth, and waken Pleasant visions, as of old! Though the house by winds be shaken, Safe I keep this room of gold!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wind, House, Vision
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.333

Evil is only good perverted.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Evil, Literature, Goodness
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.370

By the shores of Gitchee Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis, Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them; Bright before it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Daughter, Dark, Moon
'The Song of Hiawatha' (1855) 'Hiawatha's Childhood'

I saw the long line of the vacant shore, The sea-weed and the shells upon the sand, And the brown rocks left bare on every hand, As if the ebbing tide would flow no more.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Weed, Rocks, Hands
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.930, Delphi Classics

The swallow is come! The swallow is come! O, fair are the seasons, and light Are the days that she brings, With her dusky wings, And her bosom snowy white!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Light, Wings, White
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1885, Delphi Classics

Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sunset, Light, Red
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.146

The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sculpture, Painting, Best Picture
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2008). “Michael Angelo and Translations”, p.93, Wildside Press LLC

Every human heart is human.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Inspirational, Heart, Humanity
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1860). “The Song of Hiawatha: Illustr., from Designs by George H. Thomas”, p.4

Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ambition, Cradle, Graves

What else remains for me? Youth, hope and love; To build a new life on a ruined life.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
And Love, New Life, Youth
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.821, Jazzybee Verlag

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