Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quote

Oh, There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love - the first fluttering of its silken wings - the first rising sound and breath of that wind which is so soon to sweep through the soul, to purify or to destroy.


Hyperion (1839)


Oh, There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love - the first fluttering of its silken wings - the first rising...

Oh, There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love - the first fluttering of its silken wings - the first rising...

Oh, There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love - the first fluttering of its silken wings - the first rising...

Oh, There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love - the first fluttering of its silken wings - the first rising...