Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
Time has laid his hand
Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it,
But as a harper lays his open palm
Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.
Citations
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Golden Legend. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851, p. 136.
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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.