Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
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A feeling of sadness and longing
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
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