If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.Henry Wadsworth LongfellowProse Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1857★ 5.4
Poem · MagazineOne, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm.Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Atlantic Monthly · 1861★ 5.4
In the life of each of us, I said to myself there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness.Sarah Orne Jewett1896★ 5.3
Poem · MagazineArt is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Knickerbocker · 1838★ 3.8