Shall I have naught that is fair?
(The Reaper And The Flowers)
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Thus the bard of love departed;And, fulfilling his desire,
On his tomb the birds were feasted
By the children of the choir.
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To be 70 years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Oh, fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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