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Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Author's complete ed”, p.638

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Friendship, Song, Strong
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Everyman's Poetry”, p.55, Hachette UK

Not chance of birth or place has made us friends, Being oftentimes of different tongues and nations, But the endeavor for the selfsame ends, With the same hopes, and fears, and aspirations.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Friendship, Different, Tongue
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.126

The story, from beginning to end, I found again in a heart of a friend.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Friendship, Heart, Stories

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship Let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Friendship, Best Friend, Good Friend
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.265

My designs and labors and aspirations are my only friends.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Friendship, Design, Aspiration
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.800, Jazzybee Verlag

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