What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's di… - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers
May be heaven's distant lamps.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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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Let us, then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

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.

He speaketh not; and yet there lies
A conversation in his eyes.

What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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