Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes about Death

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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sympathy, Death, Grief

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

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Death, Art, Dust

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “A Psalm Of Life”

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.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Life, Death, Art

"A Psalm of Life" st. 1 - 2 (1838)

There is no death! What seems so is transition; this life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portal we call Death.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Inspirational, Life, Death

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.134

Quotes about Life 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.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Life, Death, Dream

"A Psalm of Life" st. 1 - 2 (1838)

I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sympathy, Death, Condolences

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Outre-Mer - A Pilgrimage Beyond The Sea (Annotated Edition)”, p.8, Jazzybee Verlag

There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Death, Flower, Names

"The Reaper and the Flowers" st. 1 (1839)

The course of my long life hath reached at last in fragile bark over a tempestuous sea the common harbor, where must rendered be account for all the actions of the past.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Death, Past, Sea

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.1688, Jazzybee Verlag

There is no flock, however watched and tended, but one dead lamb is there! There is no fireside howsoe'er defended, but has one vacant chair.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Death, Lambs, Chairs

'A Psalm of Life' (1838)

The grave itself is but a covered bridge, Leading from light to light, through a brief darkness!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Death, Grieving, Light

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1861). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his translations and notes”, p.217

Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, a shadow on those features fair and thin. And softly, from the hushed and darkened room, two angels issued, where but one went in.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Death, Angel, Two

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Author's complete ed”, p.461