Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

United States
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet

'Wouldst thou' - so the helmsman answered, -
'Learn the secret of the sea?
Only those who brave its dangers
Comprehend its mystery!'.

The Secret of the Sea


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