A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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A Lady with a Lamp shall stand
In the great history of the land,
A noble type of good,
Heroic womanhood.

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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.

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

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