Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882- Kavanagh: A Tale (1849), Chapter 1.
- The Rainy Day, originally in Bentley’s Miscellany (Dec. 1841) p. 626
Every great poem is in itself limited by necessity, — but in its suggestions unlimited and infinite.
Table-Talk (1857)- The Seaside and the Fireside (1850), The Builders, st. 1.
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847), Part II, section 1.Ah, the souls of those that die
Are but sunbeams lifted higher.The Golden Legend (1851)Ah, nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.Morituri Salutamus (1875), St. 24.For his heart was in his work, and the heart
Giveth grace unto every Art.The Building of the Ship, Line 7.As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so change of studies a dull brain.
Table-Talk (1857)- Table-Talk (1857)
Turn, turn, my wheel! All things must change
To something new, to something strangeKéramos (1878), st. 3- The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858), Pt. III, The Lover’s Errand.
- Hyperion (1839), Bk. III, Ch. 4.
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
Kavanagh: A Tale (1849), Chapter 30.Music is the universal language of mankind — poetry their universal pastime and delight.
Outre-Mer (1835).
