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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Page 642

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.

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