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''In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. Berkley, in "The Story of Brother Bernardus," Hyperion (1839).
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He is the poet of the dawn, who wrote
The Canterbury Tales and his old age
Made beautiful with song; and as I read
I hear the crowing cock, I hear the note
Of lark and linnet, and ...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Chaucer (l. 9-14). . .
Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) Oxford...
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''And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. Chispa, in The Spanish Student, act 3, sc. 6 (1840).
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''Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead; nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail,
The right prevail,
With peace on earth, good will to men."''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Christmas Bells (l. 16-20). . .
Oxford Book of Christmas Poems, The. Michael Harrison and Chris...
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''I heard the bells, on Christmas Day,
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Christmas Bells (l. 1-5). . .
Oxford Book of Christmas Poems, The. Michael Harrison and Christo...
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''A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (20th century), American poet. Collected Works, Vol. 2, Table Talk (1852).
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It whispered to the fields of corn,
"Bow down, and hail the coming morn."
It shouted through the belfry tower,
"Awake, O bell! proclaim the hour."
It crossed the church...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Daybreak (l. 13-18). . .
Poems That Live Forever. Hazel Felleman, ed. (1965) Doubleday & Compan...
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''A wind came up out of the sea,
And said, "O mists, make room for me."''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Daybreak (l. 1-2). . .
Poems That Live Forever. Hazel Felleman, ed. (1965) Doubleday & Company....
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Repeat thy song, till the familiar lines
Are footpaths for the thought of Italy!
Thy flame is blown abroad from all the heights,
Through all the nations, and a sound is heard,
As o...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Divina Commedia (translated by Longfellow) (Sect. 6, l. 7-14). . .
Oxford Book of American Vers...
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''O star of morning and of liberty!''
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809-1882), U.S. poet. Divina Commedia (translated by Longfellow) (Sect. 6, l. 1). . .
Oxford Book of American Verse, ...
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