The quotations of

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator

1807–1882

47 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Time and Nature. Part of the Poets collection.

If spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake, and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change!
Kavanagh: A Tale (1849), Chapter 13.
- Nature
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time
A Psalm of Life (1838)In context
- Inspiration
- Time
Under a 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.
The Village Blacksmith (1840)In context
- Work
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
Paul Revere’s Ride (1860)In context
- America
- History
One if by land, and two if by sea
Paul Revere’s Ride (1860)In context
- America
- History
I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where
The Arrow and the Song (1845)In context
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
The Arrow and the Song (1845)In context
- Friendship
- Music
Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day’s occupations,
That is known as the children’s hour.
The Children’s Hour (1860)In context
- Children
- Time
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, ’mid snow and ice,
A banner, with the strange device,
Excelsior!
Excelsior (1841)In context
- Motivation & Goals
All your strength is in your union,
All your danger is in discord;
Therefore be at peace henceforward,
And as brothers live together.
The Song of Hiawatha (1855), I. The Peace-PipeIn context
- War & Peace
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Christmas Bells (1865)In context
And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Christmas Bells (1865)In context
- Christmas
- War & Peace
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.
A Psalm of Life (1838)In context
- Life & Death
Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,⁠—act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o’erhead!
A Psalm of Life (1838)In context
- Motivation & Goals
- Time
I hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little feet,
The sound of a door that is opened.
And voices soft and sweet.
The Children’s Hour (1860)In context
- Children

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