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''We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. Kavanagh, bk. 1, ch. 1 (1849).
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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.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. "Keramos."
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half-way up the hill, I see the Past
Lying beneath me with its sounds and sights,—
A city in the twilight dim and vast,
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights,—
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Mezzo Cammin (l. 9-14). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, e...
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''Half of my life is gone, and I have let
The years slip from me and have not fulfilled
The aspiration of my youth, to build
Some tower of song with lofty parapet.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Mezzo Cammin (l. 1-4). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, ed...
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Ah, to build, to build!
That is the noblest art of all the arts.
Painting and sculpture are but images,
Are merely shadows cast by outward things
On stone or canvas, having in them...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. Michael Angelo.
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So in majestic cadence rise and fall
The mighty undulations of thy song,
O sightless bard, England's Monides!
And ever and anon, high over all
Uplifted, a ninth wave superb and str...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Milton (l. 9-14). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3...
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''Whatever poet, orator, or sage
May say of it, old age is still old age.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. Morituri Salutamus.
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''Age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. Morituri Salutamus, st. 24 (1875).
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''The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. Morituri Salutamus, st. 21 (1875).
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''Often I think of the beautiful town
That is seated by the sea;''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. My Lost Youth (l. 1-2). . .
Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) O...
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