Ocupation: Poet
Life: February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882
Birthday: February 27
Death: March 24
When thou are not pleased, beloved, Then my heart is sad and darkened, As the shining river darkens When the clouds drop shadows on it! When thou smilest, my beloved, Then my troubled heart is brightened, As in sunshine gleam the ripples That the cold wind makes in rivers.
source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.389, Jazzybee Verlag
topic: Heart, Sunshine, Clouds, Cold Wind, Troubled Heart