“I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair.” ChildrenHumourWhimsicalLongfellow Book:The Children's Hour and Other Poems Paul Revere's Ride and Other Poems 1894 [Leather Bound] Source: The Children's Hour and Other Poems Paul Revere's Ride and Other Poems 1894 [Leather Bound]
“O, how wonderful is the human voice! It is indeed the organ of the soul! The intellect of man sits enthroned visibly upon his forehead and in his eye; and the heart of man is written upon his countenance. But the soul reveals itself in the voice only; as God revealed himself to the prophet of old in the still, small voice; and in a voice from the burning bush. The soul of man is audible, not visible. A sound alone betrays the flowing of the eternal fountain, invisible to man!” SoulVoiceEternalBetrayFountainHyperionLongfellow Book:Hyperion Source: Hyperion
“There was an old belief that in the embers Of all things their primordial form exists, And cunning alchemists Could re-create the rose with all its members From its own ashes, but without the bloom, Without the lost perfume Ah me! what wonder-working, occult science Can from the ashes in our hearts once more The rose of youth restore? What craft of alchemy can bid defiance To time and change, and for a single hour Renew this phantom-flower?” YouthRoseAlchemyLost YouthLongfellow Author:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts.” Civil WarHenryLongfellowWadsworthArsenal At Springfield Author:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow