Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of en… - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of ending;
Many a poem is marred by a superfluous verse.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882) was an American poet and one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.

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Alternative Names: Henry W. Longfellow • H. W. Longfellow • Longfellow

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Ah! What would the world be to us
If the children were no more?
We should dread the desert behind us
Worse than the dark before.

Ah, nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.

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The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.

Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of ending; Many a poem is marred by a superfluous verse. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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