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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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• The natural alone is permanent.

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  Nature, Natural, Permanent

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “Kavanagh: A Tale”, p.59

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• Big words do not smite like war-clubs, Boastful breath is not a bow-string, Taunts are not so sharp as arrows, Deeds are better things than words are, Actions mightier than boastings.

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  War, Arrows, Deeds

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.195, Library of America

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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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• 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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• Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.

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  Growth, May, Pleasure

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.273

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• The poor too often turn away unheard, From hearts that shut against them with a sound That will be heard in heaven.

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  Heart, Heaven, Sound

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.55

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• Evil is only good perverted.

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  Evil, Literature, Goodness

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.370

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• Every human heart is human.

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  Inspirational, Heart, Humanity

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1860). “The Song of Hiawatha: Illustr., from Designs by George H. Thomas”, p.4

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• The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture.

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  Sculpture, Painting, Best Picture

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2008). “Michael Angelo and Translations”, p.93, Wildside Press LLC

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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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• 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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• Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave

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  Ambition, Cradle, Graves

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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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• These stars of earth, these golden flowers.

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  Stars, Flower, Earth

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1848). “Poems”, p.10

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• What else remains for me? Youth, hope and love; To build a new life on a ruined life.

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  And Love, New Life, Youth

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.821, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The young may die, but the old must!

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  Death, May, Young

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1861). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his translations and notes”, p.203

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• I love thee, as the good love heaven.

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  Life, Good Love, Heaven

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1858). “The Poetical Works”, p.148

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• Burn, O evening hearth, and waken Pleasant visions, as of old! Though the house by winds be shaken, Safe I keep this room of gold!

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  Wind, House, Vision

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.333

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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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