Henry Longfellow: Citations en anglais
“The leaves of memory seemed to make
A mournful rustling in the dark.”
The Fire of Drift-wood, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Longfellow's translation of Friedrich von Logau, "Retribution", Sinngedichte III, 2, 24. http://www.kith.org/journals/jed/2002/05/21/452.html.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A Psalm of Life
St. 3.
A Psalm of Life (1839)
“A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.”
My Lost Youth, refrain (1858), quoting Olaus Sirma
Source: The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.”
There Was a Little Girl http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1345.html<br>Often misquoted as "When she was good/She was very, very good". <br class="br">Contexte: There was a little girl,<br>Who had a little curl,<br>Right in the middle of her forehead.<br>When she was good,<br>She was very good indeed,<br>But when she was bad she was horrid.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish
Source: The Courtship of Miles Standish
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow livre Voices of the Night
St. 4.
Cf. Andrew Marvell, Upon the Death of Lord Hastings (1649): "Art indeed is long, but life is short".
A Psalm of Life (1839)
Source: Voices of the Night
“For his heart was in his work, and the heart
Giveth grace unto every Art.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Building of the Ship
Source: The Building of the Ship (1849), Line 7.
Source: Hiawatha: The Story and Song
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Santa Filomena
Santa Filomena.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems (1875)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Flowers
Flowers, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers
May be heaven's distant lamps.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Resignation
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Resignation
The Golden Legend http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10490/10490-h/10490-h.htm, Pt. IV, The Cloisters (1872).
“God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish
Part IV.
The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858)
“All things come round to him who will but wait.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tales of a Wayside Inn
Pt. I, The Student's Tale.
Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863-1874)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Light of Stars
The Light of Stars, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Goblet of Life, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Village Blacksmith
St. 1.
The Village Blacksmith (1842)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
Prelude.
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish
Pt. III, The Lover's Errand.
The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858)
“There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.”
Inferno, canto v, line 121.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
