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Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape Trinkling vapors arose and sky and water and forest Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.

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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Horizon
Melted
Sun
Forests
Vapor
Fire
Landscape
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Evening
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Water
Golden
Softly
Together
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Magician
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Sky
Forest
Vapors
Western
Sunset
Mingled

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