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Oh, how beautiful is the summer night, which is not night, but a sunless, yet unclouded, day, descending upon earth with dews and shadows and refreshing coolness! How beautiful the long mild twilight, which, like a silver clasp, unites today with yesterday!

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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Beautiful
Twilight
Dews
Earth
Shadows
Clasp
Silver
Coolness
Today
Yesterday
Descending
Long
Shadow
Unites
Like
Summer
Mild
Upon
Dew
Sunless
Night
Refreshing
Unclouded

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