Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



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"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility."

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"Life is real Life is earnest And the grave is not its goal Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul."

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"Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain."

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"Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dreamFor the soul is dead that slumbers,and things are not what they seem.Life is real Life is earnestAnd the grave is not its goalDust thou art to dust returnest,Was not spoken of the soul."

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"The adoration of his heart had been to her only as the perfume of a wild flower, which she had carelessly crushed with her foot in passing."

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