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1807–1882

DELIA

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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