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• All things are symbols.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Symbols, All Things

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.852, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Think not because no man sees, such things will remain unseen.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Time, Men, Thinking

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

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• But the great Master said, "I see
  No best in kind, but in degree;
  I gave a various gift to each,
  To charm, to strengthen, and to teach".

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Teaching, Learning, Degrees

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “Poems. New, complete ed”, p.188

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• My designs and labors and aspirations are my only friends.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Friendship, Design, Aspiration

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.800, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Dost thou know what a hero is? Why, a hero is as much as one should say, a hero.

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  Hero, Should, Knows

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.3

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• History casts its shadow far into the land of song.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Song, Land, History

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1845). “The Poets and Poetry of Europe: With Introductions and Biographical Notices”, p.624

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• All things are symbols: the external shows Of Nature have their image in the mind , As flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Nature, Flower, Fall

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.852, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The prayer of Ajax was for light.

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  Prayer, Ajax, Light

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.40

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• Books are sepulchres of thought.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Book

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Flower-de-luce and Three Books of Song”, p.25

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• To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgment of others.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Cities, Tolerance, Towns

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1857). “Prose Works”, p.95

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• The bells themselves are the best of preachers, Their brazen lips are learned teachers, From their pulpits of stone, in the upper air, Sounding aloft, without crack or flaw, Shriller than trumpets under the Law, Now a sermon and now a prayer.

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  Teacher, Prayer, Law

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.165

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• Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Strong, America, Unions

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

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• The warriors that fought for their country, and bled, Have sunk to their rest; the damp earth is their bed; No stone tells the place where their ashes repose, Nor points out the spot from the graves of their foes. They died in their glory, surrounded by fame, And Victory's loud trump their death did proclaim; They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.

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  Country, Warrior, Names

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

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• Our ingress into the world Was naked and bare; Our progress through the world Is trouble and care.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Progress, Naked, World

  1872 Tales of aWayside Inn, pt.2,'The Student's Tale: The Cobbler of Hagenau'.

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• Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would help us in our utmost need.

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  Thinking, Religion, Gardening

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.360, Library of America

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• They who live in history only seemed to walk the earth again.

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  History, Earth, Walks

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1856). “Poetical Works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Illustrated with Upwards of One Hundred and Sixty Engravings on Wood, from Designs by Jane E. Benham, Birket Foster, Etc”, p.203

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• Love is sunshine, hate is shadow,
  Life is checkered shade and sunshine.

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  Life, Hate, Sunshine

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.205, Library of America

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• Be thy sleep
  Silent as night is, and as deep.

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  Sleep, Night, Silent

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.162

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• Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares!

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  Life, Snares, Quicksand

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A New Complete Edition, Including Miles Standish and Other Poems”, p.89

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• Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
  Life is but an empty dream!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Dream, Numbers

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 1 - 2 (1838)

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• Love makes its record in deeper colors as we grow out of childhood into manhood.

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  Life, Color, Childhood

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.454

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• They, the holy ones and weakly,
  Who the cross of suffering bore,
  Folded their pale hands so meekly,
  Spake with us on earth no more!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Hands, Suffering, Earth

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Complete in One Volume”, p.10

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• The air of summer was sweeter than wine.

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  Summer, Wine, Air

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.305

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• How in the turmoil of life can love stand,
  Where there is not one heart, and one mouth and one hand.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Sympathy, Heart, Hands

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Complete in One Volume”, p.113

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• If we could read the secret history of our enemies.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Forgiveness, Peace, Anger

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.452

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