John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (1807–1882) (continued) |
| 6509 |
| The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead. |
| Resignation. |
| 6510 |
| But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. |
| Resignation. |
| 6511 |
| What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven’s distant lamps. |
| Resignation. |
| 6512 |
| There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. |
| Resignation. |
| 6513 |
| Safe from temptation, safe from sin’s pollution, She lives whom we call dead. |
| Resignation. |
| 6514 |
| In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere. |
| The Builders. |
| 6515 |
| This is the forest primeval. |
| Evangeline. Part i. |
| 6516 |
| Alike were they free from Fear that reigns with the tyrant, and envy the vice of republics. |
| Evangeline. Part i. 1. |
| 6517 |
| Neither locks had they to their doors nor bars to their windows; But their dwellings were open as day and the hearts of the owners; There the richest was poor and the poorest lived in abundance. |
| Evangeline. Part i. 1. |
| 6518 |
| When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. |
| Evangeline. Part i. 1. |
| 6519 |
| Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. |
| Evangeline. Part i. 3. |