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Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms, Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail. And crying havoc on the slug and snail.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Crush, Men, Crow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The poetical works of Henry W. Longfellow, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M. Rossetti, illustr. by W. Lawson. Illustr. by E. Edwards”, p.366

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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.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Children, Dark, Night

"The Children's Hour" st. 1 (1859)

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O ye dead Poets, who are living still Immortal in your verse, though life be fled, And ye, O living Poets, who are dead Though ye are living, if neglect can kill, Tell me if in the darkest hours of ill, With drops of anguish falling fast and red From the sharp crown of thorns upon your head, Ye were not glad your errand to fulfill?

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Fall, Crowns, Errands

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Favorite Poems”, p.100, Courier Corporation

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Fortune comes well to all that comes not late.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fortune, Late, Wells

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.78

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.... Anon from the castle walls The crescent banner falls, And the crowd beholds instead, Like a portent in the sky, Iskander's banner fly, The Black Eagle with double head. And shouts ascend on high .....'' Long live Scanderbeg.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Wall, Fall, Eagles

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

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O flower-de-luce, bloom on, and let the river Linger to kiss thy feet! O flower of song, bloom on, and make forever The world more fair and sweet.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Song, Sweet, Flower

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Flower-de-luce and Three Books of Song...”, p.10

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Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, a shadow on those features fair and thin. And softly, from the hushed and darkened room, two angels issued, where but one went in.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Death, Angel, Two

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Author's complete ed”, p.461

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Then from the neighboring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Air, Water, Bird

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1988). “Selected Poems”, p.49, Penguin

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We see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Heaven, Lamps, May

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.134

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By the shore of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited.

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Summer, Morning, Sea

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.247

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Thus, seamed with many scars Bursting these prison bars, Up to its native stars My soul ascended! There from the flowing bowl Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal! to the Northland! skoal! Thus the tale ended.

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Stars, Warrior, Soul

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1847). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Complete in One Volume”, p.38

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What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Silence, Silent, Silence Is

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.623, Library of America

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The hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain.

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Rain, Clouds, Friars

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

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A town that boasts inhabitants like me Can have no lack of good society.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Towns, Like Me, Boast

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Tales of a Wayside Inn”, p.138

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Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Work, Thoughtful, Moments

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A New Complete Edition, Including Miles Standish and Other Poems”, p.620

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Midnight! the outpost of advancing day! The frontier town and citadel of night!

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Night, Towns, Frontiers

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1005, Delphi Classics

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See yonder little cloud, that, borne aloft So tenderly by the wind, floats fast away Over the snowy peaks!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Clouds, Wind, Littles

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.185

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Art is the child of Nature; yes, Her darling child, in whom we trace The features of the mother's face, Her aspect and her attitude, All her majestic loveliness Chastened and softened and subdued Into a more attractive grace, And with a human sense imbued. He is the greatest artist, then, Whether of pencil or of pen, Who follows Nature.

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Mother, Art, Children

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.965, Delphi Classics

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The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual and silent progress of Truth, as the grim statues of Copan have been pushed from their pedestals by the growth of forest-trees, whose seeds were sown by the wind in the ruined walls.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Nature, Wall, Idols

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). “The Works: Kavanagh. Outre-Mer”, p.38

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One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dream, Sweat, Half

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “Hyperion, and Kavanagh”, p.16

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To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.

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Faces, Crime, Retribution

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.820, Jazzybee Verlag

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The heaven of poetry and romance still lies around us and within us.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Lying, Romance, Heaven

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1866). “Kavanagh. Driftwood”, p.307

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All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme.

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Wall, Fate, Deeds

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.136, Library of America

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Standing, with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Rivers, Feet, Childhood

'Michael Angelo' (1883) pt. 1, sect. 5

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To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest,
Who cries to me: "Remember Barmecide,
And tremble to be happy with the rest."
And I make answer: "I am satisfied;
I dare not ask; I know not what is best;
God hath already said what shall betide.

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Answers, Guests, Tomorrow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.338

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Born: February 27, 1807
Died: March 24, 1882
Occupation: Poet
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