926 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Races, better than we, have leaned on her wavering promise, Having naught else but Hope.

The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart, When the full river of feeling overflows;- The happy days unclouded to their close; The sudden joys that our of darkness start As flames from ashes; swift desires that dart Like swallows singing down each wind that blows!

Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born, Sang with many a change, Christmas carols until morn.

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

Youth wrenches the sceptre from old age, and sets the crown on its own head before it is entitled to it.

Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest; Home-keeping hearts are the happiest, For those that wander they know not where Are full of trouble and full of care; To stay at home is best.

A solid man of Boston; A comfortable man with dividends, And the first salmon and the first green peas.

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

For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter Of the Eternal's language; - on earth it is called Forgiveness!