“Music is the universal language of mankind—poetry their universal pastime and delight.”

About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 – 1882

American poet, author of 'The Song of Hiawatha' and 'Paul Revere's Ride'.

“Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak!”

“Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.”

“From labor there shall come forth rest.”

“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason.”

“Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood, But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.”

“Birds' songs express joy, beauty, and purity, and evoke in us vitality and love.”

“There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.”

“Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and grateful mind.”

“For God made all mankind to be happy, to be serene.”