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• The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast, Serene, and resolute, and still, And calm, and self-possessed.

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  Stars, Self, Calm

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Complete in One Volume”, p.9

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• Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

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  Love, Spring, Rain

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.88, Library of America

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• The bravest are the tenderest.

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  "The Poetical Works of Bayard Taylor" by Bayard Taylor, "The Song of the Camp", (p. 86), 1907.

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• I dislike an eye that twinkles like a star. Those only are beautiful which, like the planets, have a steady lambent light, are luminous, but not sparkling.

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  Beautiful, Stars, Eye

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1857). “Prose Works”, p.112

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• Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest of all the arts.

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  Art, Architecture, Architect

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2008). “Michael Angelo and Translations”, p.29, Wildside Press LLC

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• The morning pouring everywhere, its golden glory on the air.

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  Morning, Air, Pouring

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1912). “The complete poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.1714, Library of Alexandria

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• Prayer is innocence's friend; and willingly flieth incessant 'twist the earth and the sky, the carrier-pigeon of heaven.

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  Prayer, Sky, Heaven

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sir John Gilbert (1858). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow ... A Complete Edition, Including the Song of Hiawatha. With Illustrations by J. Gilbert, Etc”, p.73

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• Into each life some rain must fall.

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  Life, Rain, Fall

  "The Rainy Day" st. 3 (1842)

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• White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest . . . White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting Shadows of the palaces and strips of sky.

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  Swans, Sky, Cities

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1912). “The complete poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.1218, Library of Alexandria

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• All your strength is in union, all your danger is in discord.

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  Teamwork, Unions, Danger

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Song Of Hiawatha I: The Peace-Pipe”

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• Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it.

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  Stars, Rain, Clouds

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “Hyperion, and Kavanagh”, p.163

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• Stars of earth, these golden flowers; emblems of our own great resurrection; emblems of the bright and better land.

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  Stars, Flower, Land

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Horace Elisha Scudder (1922). “The Complete Poetical Works of Longfellow”

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• From labor there shall come forth rest.

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  Labor

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1848). “Poems”, p.104

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• Let us be merciful as well as just.

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  Mercy, Wells, Merciful

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.807, Delphi Classics

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• The thoughts of Youth are long, long thoughts

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  Lost Youth, Long, Youth

  'My Lost Youth' (1858)

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• Sail on ship of state, sail on, I union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, with all its hopes of future years, is hanging on thy fate!

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  Strong, Fear, Future

  "The Building of the Ship" l. 378 (1849)

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• And when the echoes had ceased, like a sense of pain was the silence.

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  Pain, Echoes, Silence

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1852). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow”, p.242

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• No endeavour is in vain;
  Its reward is in the doing.

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  Rewards, Vain, Endeavour

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1869). “The Poetical Works”, p.72

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• Balder the Beautiful
  Is dead, is dead!

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  Beautiful

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1862). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Eight Engravings on Steel”, p.179

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• Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll.

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  Stars, Clouds, Air

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.6

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• Into a world unknown,-the corner-stone of a nation!

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  World, Stones, Corners

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1988). “Selected Poems”, p.91, Penguin

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• Often times we call a man [or woman] cold when he [or she] is only sad.

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  Men, Cold

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• Ah, the souls of those that die Are but sunbeams lifted higher.

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  Soul, Sunbeams, Higher

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.175

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• Nothing useless is, or low; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.

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  Support, Useless, Lows

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.134

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• No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.

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  Sweet, Nature, Tears

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1869). “The Poetical Works”, p.19

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