“Something the heart must have to cherish, must love and joy and sorrow learn.”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion (1839), Book II, epigraph

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.”

“Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and of grief!”

“But love for an object eternal and infinite feeds the mind with joy alone, and a joy which is free from all sorrow.”

“Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.”

“Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.”

“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”

“Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.”