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• O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried!
  -- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) -- The Goblet of Life...
• The star of the unconquered will. -- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) -- The Light of Sta
• O thou child of many prayers! Life hath quicksand
  life hath snares! -- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) -- Maidenhood...
• 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....
• Tell me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream!
  For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem....
• Oh, fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know erelong,-- Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
  -- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) -- The Light of Sta...
• Alas! it is not till time, with reckless hand, has torn out half the leaves from the Book of Human Life to light the fires of passion with from day to day
  hat man begins to see that the leaves which remain are few in number....
• Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
  -- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) -- The Rainy Day...
• Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate
  Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait....