Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Holiday Quotations

The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart, When the full river of feeling overflows;- The happy days unclouded to their close; The sudden joys that our of darkness start As flames from ashes; swift desires that dart Like swallows singing down each wind that blows!

The secret anniversaries of the heart.

In the mouths of many men soft words are like roses that soldiers put into the muzzles of their muskets on holidays.

The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.