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Love contending with friendship, and self with each generous impulse. To and fro in his breast his thoughts were heaving and dashing, As in a foundering ship.

Love contending with friendship, and self with each generous impulse. To and fro in his breast his thoughts were heaving and dashing, As in a foundering ship.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Self, Ships
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1861). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his translations and notes”, p.352

I do not love thee less for what is done, And cannot be undone. Thy very weakness Hath brought thee nearer to me, and henceforth My love will have a sense of pity in it, Making it less a worship than before.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Weakness, Done
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.895, Delphi Classics

Each new epoch in life seems an encounter. There is a tussle and a cloud of dust, and we come out of it triumphant or crest-fallen, according as we have borne ourselves.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Clouds, Dust
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1888). “Longfellow's Days: The Longfellow Prose Birthday Book : Extracts from the Journals and Letters of H. W. Longfellow”

O thou child of many prayers! Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares! Care and age come unawares!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Prayer, Children
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Complete in One Volume”, p.52

How can I tell the signals and the signs By which one heart another heart divines? How can I tell the many thousand ways By which it keeps the secret it betrays?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Heart, Secret
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Tales of a Wayside Inn”, p.242

Into each life some rain must fall.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Rain, Fall
"The Rainy Day" st. 3 (1842)

Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. . . . He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. . . . Toiling,-rejoicing,-sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Strong, Morning
"The Village Blacksmith" st. 7 (1839)

Alas! it is not till time, with reckless hand, has torn out half the leaves from the Book of Human Life to light the fires of passion with from day to day, that man begins to see that the leaves which remain are few in number.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Book, Passion
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.193

The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright. The house is full of life and light.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Fire, Light
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.912, Delphi Classics

Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Temptation, Safe
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “The Complete Poetical Works”, p.210

I love thee, as the good love heaven.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Good Love, Heaven
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1858). “The Poetical Works”, p.148

Love makes its record in deeper colors as we grow out of childhood into manhood.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Color, Childhood
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.454

Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Dream, Numbers
"A Psalm of Life" st. 1 - 2 (1838)

Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Snares, Quicksand
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A New Complete Edition, Including Miles Standish and Other Poems”, p.89

Love is sunshine, hate is shadow, Life is checkered shade and sunshine.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Hate, Sunshine
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.205, Library of America

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Inspirational, Life, Birthday
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.97

Art is long, and Time is fleeting.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Art, Long
"A Psalm of Life" st. 4 (1838)

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