Longfellow

Famous quotes containing the word longfellow:

“Long, long, afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

“Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

“I stay a little longer, as one stays,
To cover up the embers that still burn.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)