Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
Quotes
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Life is real! life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, act in the living present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, act in the living present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Art is long, and time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still like muffled drums are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still like muffled drums are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
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