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What seems to us but dim funeral tapers may be heaven's distant lamps.
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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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
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Music is the universal language of mankind.
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'Tis always morning somewhere, and aboveThe awakening continents, from shore to shore,Somewhere the birds are singing evermore.
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For bells are the voice of the church They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old.
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And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, and silently steal away.
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And when the echoes had ceased, like a sense of pain was the silence.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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