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I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn.
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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Even cities have their graves!
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Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.
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Perhaps the greatest lesson which the lives of literary men teach us is told in a single word* Wait!
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