The prayer of Ajax was for light.
-- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)
-- The Goblet of Life
-- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)
-- The Goblet of Life
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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... - The star of the unconquered will.
-- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)
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The Light of... - O thou child of many prayers!
Life hath quicksands;
life hath snares! -- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)... - Life is real! life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken... - 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. -- Henry W. Longfellow... - 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... - 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,
that man begins to see that the leaves which remain... - Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) -- The Rainy... - Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour...
