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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets from New England.

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There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.

Heart, Overflows, Secret, Together, Water

Very hot and still the air was, Very smooth the gliding river, Motionless the sleeping shadows.

Air, Hot, Sleep, Sleeping, Summer

One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm For the country folk to be up and to arm.

Country, Folk, Land, Middlesex, Sea

It is autumn; not without But within me is the cold. Youth and spring are all about; It is I that have grown old.

Autumn, Fall, Grown, Old, Spring, Youth

When thou are not pleased, beloved, Then my heart is sad and darkened, As the shining river darkens When the clouds drop shadows on it! When thou smilest, my beloved, Then my troubled heart is brightened, As in sunshine gleam the ripples That the cold wind makes in rivers.

Clouds, Heart, Pleased, Shadows, Shining, Sunshine

Ripe in wisdom was he, but patient, and simple, and childlike.

Childlike, Patient, Ripe, Simple, Wisdom

We are all architects of faith, ever living in these walls of time.

Architect, Architects, Living, Time, Wall, Walls

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

Children, Hard, Heart, Mended, Parenting, Words

Think not because no man sees, such things will remain unseen.

Man, Men, Sees, Think, Thinking, Time

The low desire, the base design That makes another's virtues less.

Design, Desire, Low, Virtue, Virtues

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Bury, Dead, Let, Moving, New Year, Regret

The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Curlew, Fall, Hands, Rises, Sands, Twilight

In youth all doors open outward; in old age all open inward.

Age, Doors, Inward, Outward

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.

Betrayal, Fully, Heartbreak, Leave, Passion, Scar

Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave

Ambition, Cradle, Grave, Graves, Oftenest

How in the turmoil of life can love stand, Where there is not one heart, and one mouth and one hand.

Hand, Hands, Heart, Stand, Sympathy

The secret anniversaries of the heart.

Anniversaries, Birthday, Heart, Secret, Time

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

Control, Crow, Enemies, Enemy, Snakes, Strength

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

External, Fall, Flower, Flowers, Nature

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.

Fanaticism, Giving, Names, Philanthropy, Want

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