It's Me It's Me, A Blogwright

Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

More Longfellow Quotes:

"ships that pass in the night"
"Love is sunshine, hate is shadow, life is checkered shade and sunshine."
"It takes less time to do a thing right than explain why you did it wrong."
"A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child."
" The grave is but a covered bridge Leading from light to light, through a brief darkness!"
"Into each life some rain must fall," "The Rainy Day", Voices of the Night
"Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think."
"It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun."
"Christ save us from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe!"
"If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

Trivia: Longfellow was purportedly the first man in the United States to have running water in his house.