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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Birthday: February 27, 1807
Deathday: March 24, 1882
Category: American Poet
Type: Poet
National: American
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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and...
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Evil is only good perverted....
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For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though...
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better...
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Into each life some rain must fall....
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