Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
Peace! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
Citations
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems. John Owen, 1846, p. 61.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the Fireside Poets from New England.