Samuel Longfellow

thumb|right|Samuel Longfellow Samuel Longfellow (June 18, 1819 –October 3, 1892) was an American clergyman and hymn writer. Quotes The dead leaves their rich mosaicsOf olive and gold and brownHad laid on the rain-wet pavements,Through all the embowered town. November; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 562. He sows June fields with clover, and the worldBroadcasts with little common kindnesses.The plain good souls He sends us, who fulfillLife's homely duties in the daily pathWith cheerful heart, ambitious of no moreThan to supply the wants of friend and kin,Yet serve God's higher love to human hearts;Giving a secret sweetness to the home,The hidden fragrance of a kindly heart,The simple beauty of a useful life,That never dazzles, and that never tires. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 544. External links Longfellow's Memoir and Letters at Google Books (full-text, public domain) Category:1819 births Category:1892 deaths Category:Hymnwriters from the United States Category:Songwriters from the United States Category:People from Maine Category:Unitarians from the United States Category:Clergy from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States