Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

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About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Hanstaingl (Public domain / CC0)

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

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