Delia

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait

1807 to 1882

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Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,
When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,
Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,
But never will be sung to us again,
Is thy remembrance.  Now the hour of rest
Hath come to thee.  Sleep, darling; it is best.

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