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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Age: 75 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 1
Died: 1882
Died: March 24
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Henry W. Longfellow
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Upon
Idle
Mind
Wave
Changing
Sea
Seashore
Watches
Reverie
Watch
Daydreaming
Color
Subconscious
Break
Waves

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